Mail header format?

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3 total messages Started by Jeff Sullivan Tue, 26 Feb 1991 21:13

#157

Author: Jeff Sullivan
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 1991 21:13

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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.

Yes?

jas

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Re: Mail header format?

#158

Author: Barry Margolin
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 1991 03:48

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In article <16912@venera.isi.edu> 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.

You're correct if you're trying to describe RFC822 mail format.

Read the RFC for more details.
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Re: Mail header format?

#159

Author: Clay Luther
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.

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