Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 13:55:17 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RFC 822 misconceptions Message-ID: <199811041856.NAA21656@laker.net>
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I read Greg's "Using Internet mail" at http://www.lemis.com/email.html I then went and read RFC822. It appears to me that RFC822 explicitly states: 3.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION A message consists of header fields and, optionally, a body. The body is simply a sequence of lines containing ASCII charac- ters. It is separated from the headers by a null line (i.e., a line with nothing preceding the CRLF). The line length issue only applies to header fields, which the message body is not. 3.4.8. FOLDING LONG HEADER FIELDS Each header field may be represented on exactly one line con- sisting of the name of the field and its body, and terminated by a CRLF; this is what the parser sees. For readability, the field-body portion of long header fields may be "folded" onto multiple lines of the actual field. "Long" is commonly inter- preted to mean greater than 65 or 72 characters. The former length serves as a limit, when the message is to be viewed on most simple terminals which use simple display software; how- ever, the limit is not imposed by this standard. Note: Some display software often can selectively fold lines, to suit the display terminal. In such cases, sender- provided folding can interfere with the display software. Can anyone point out where I have misinterpreted the RFC?? It appears to me that RFC822 does not preclude HTML formatting, or lines longer than 72 chars. I am not suggesting that we can't/shouldn't, by convention, use Greg's suggestions, just that he can't use RFC822 to back up his desire. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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