Re: draft-resnick-2822upd-02 and Netnews

"Charles Lindsey" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.rfc822
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In <[email protected]> Arnt Gulbrandsen <[email protected]> writes:

>Charles Lindsey writes:
>> An existing RFC2822 agent that currently _generates_ headers without 
>> that SP (I am not aware of any)

>I am aware of one that uses/used Tab.

Yes, some current Netnews software would accept WSP there, though some
would only recognize SP. For that reason, the USEFOR document requires SP
(possibly followed by further WSP/FWS/CFWS as appropriate).

However, it would still be an improvement in interoperability if 2822-bis
were to require at least WSP. But again, as I have just said elsewhere in
this thread, even if the implementation you mention were rendered
technically non-compliant by the change, it would still interoperate
correctly with all compliant email agents - just not with some Netnews
ones.

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