[H-GEN] Interpretation of RFC822
Everist, Geoff
everistg at switch.aust.com
Mon Oct 7 20:24:53 EDT 2002
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On 07/10/2002 16:00:20 Edwin Groothuis wrote:
[snip]
>> 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
>
[snip]
>
>angle-addr = [CFWS] "<" addr-spec ">" [CFWS] / obs-angle-addr
>
[snip]
>
>This would lead me to believe there should be a [CFWS] (comment or
>folding white space) before the <.
>
[CFWS] suggests to me that the white space is optional, but I am no EBNF
expert. The syntax seems to be a big improvement over RFC822 though.
>But then, be tolerant in what you receive and strict in what you send.
>
Right on, brother.
>Edwin
>
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Apologies to all for using an old standard. I need to find another RFC
source; usually it is written on top of the RFC that it has been
superseded and by what.
Cheers
Geoff Everist
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