POP3 mailboxes and subaddresses

[Stuart Booth]

I've changed the way my POP3 mailbox monitor works. It now pumps out
messages using hardware subaddresses for mail server and mailbox
username (much easier to filter on in Viewer this way too :) For
instance, taking my xFx e/m address:

xap-header
{
v=12
hop=1
uid=FF125002
class=Mail.Incoming
source=KCSoft.POP3.server:mail_xapframework_net.stuart
}
Status
{
mailserver=mail.xapframework.net
total=0
<a
href="/group/xAP_developer/post?postID=L7ikPf55-WA2J6OhMu8ewJOQaLjwJ2hx9tj5ImFkfPyO-kFr32s0Q1F8gQr4qyCL7vkNetxOV6n17oTKt8X3TpUNpwE15kDCj2U">username=stuart@x...</a>
}

As you can see from the Source line I've morphed the mail server name
by replacing .'s with _'s. I've also dropped everything after the @ in
the email address.

There is data duplication b/w the h/w subaddresses and the Status
message block. However this means the data can be retrieved by
multiple means depending on what part of the message you retain for
processing. Plus the body block is more complete and appropriate
because it hasn't been altered or shortened to conform to address
rules.

My question is this ... when I do an explicit mail status request,
should I process Target address or the message body contents? Or both?

** No specific targetting - parameters are in the message body block:

xap-header
{
v=12
Hop=1
UID=FF123400
Class=Mail.Incoming
Source=KCSoft.Send.Anya
}
Status.Request
{
MailServer=mail.domainname.com
<a
href="/group/xAP_developer/post?postID=JZAm8O2TG03LBgqbnLEK0ziZ88u9drmRVCvaeSxNtMCjQkc62bi4Udjmf8fqLzPlrb3R4j9cdemOHyyA1EQkknrv4uGVwRk">UserName=user@d...</a>
}

If I target a mailbox subaddress specifically then I can drop the
contents of the Status.Request block.

** Specific targetting - parameters are implicit in the message header:

xap-header
{
v=12
Hop=1
UID=FF123400
Class=Mail.Incoming
Source=KCSoft.Send.Anya
Target=KCSoft.POP3.server:mail_xapframework_net.stuart
}
Status.Request
{
}

Any preferences springing to mind, anyone?

S
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