[H-GEN] Interpretation of RFC822

[Edwin Groothuis]

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On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:40:50PM +0800, Everist, Geoff wrote:
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> OK...by way of "starting a useful discussion" instead of just sending test 
> messages to the list, I pose this little conundrum (it may not be useful 
> to others, but the answers will certainly be useful to me):

Note that I don't have any authority in this.

RFC2822: 3.4. Address Specification

   Addresses occur in several message header fields to indicate senders
   and recipients of messages.  An address may either be an individual
   mailbox, or a group of mailboxes.
   
address         =       mailbox / group

mailbox         =       name-addr / addr-spec
   
name-addr       =       [display-name] angle-addr
   
angle-addr      =       [CFWS] "<" addr-spec ">" [CFWS] / obs-angle-addr
   
group           =       display-name ":" [mailbox-list / CFWS] ";"
                        [CFWS]
                 
display-name    =       phrase

mailbox-list    =       (mailbox *("," mailbox)) / obs-mbox-list

address-list    =       (address *("," address)) / obs-addr-list


This would lead me to believe there should be a [CFWS] (comment or
folding white space) before the <.

But then, be tolerant in what you receive and strict in what you send.

Edwin

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