2822upd-04 field-name vs. line length and obs-optional
Bruce Lilly <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.rfc822 |
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| Organization | Bruce Lilly |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
2822upd-04 section 3.6.8 reads in part: field-name = 1*ftext That specifies unlimited length, which conflicts with line length limits specified in section 2.1.1. field-name = 1*77ftext would conform to the lower recommended limit. [for reference, the longest field name that I know of defined in a published RFC is Delivery-Report-Content-Reported-Recipient-Info (47 characters) defined in RFC 987.] 2822upd-04 section 4.5.8 reads: 4.5.8. Obsolete optional fields obs-optional = field-name *WSP ":" unstructured CRLF [off-topic] unlike most sections, this one lacks vertical whitespace between section heading and text. This one probably needs an obs-field-name as RFC 733 permitted space/tab within (but not at the start of, for obvious reasons) a field-name (and it is occasionally necessary to parse old messages).