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Article #159Re: Mail header format?
From: Clay Luther
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 21:13
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 21:13
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jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >AM I correct in deducing that *all* email header fields a re listed, >one per line, starting at the top (any continuations are >space-indeneted on following lines), and the header is terminated by a >blank line? All lines following the blank are the body. Very close. However, a header line may span several lines legally. For instance, a legal From: line is as so: From: Killer BOB <kbob@tp.us> It is legal because the line following the header entry From: begins with white space. Therefore, it is not sufficient to look at just one line when parsing the headers. And, yes, the headers are terminated by a blank line. -- Clay Luther, Postmaster cluther@supernet.dallas.haus.com Harris Adacom Corporation cluther@enigma.dallas.haus.com Voice: 214/386-2356 MS 23, PO Box 809022, Dallas, Tx 75380-9022 Fax: 214/386-2159 Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!egsner!mic!supernet!cluther From: cluther@supernet.dallas.haus.com (Clay Luther) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Mail header format? Message-ID: <1991Mar1.211353.19767@supernet.dallas.haus.com> Date: 1 Mar 91 21:13:53 GMT References: <16912@venera.isi.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: Harris Adacom Corporation Lines: 26