Re: "Received: " header parsing

Larry Riedel <[email protected]> 24 Mar 2003 19:06:01 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.mail.eps
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> > > EPS [...] understands header formats [...]
> > 
> > 
> > The format of the "Received: " header field is specified
> > in the "Stamp" production rule in section 4.4 of RFC 2821.
> 
> Like I said, this is beyond the scope of EPS.  EPS merely
> handles base structure of a message (ie: Structured headers,
> non-structured headers, MIME, etc).

I see.  I had the impression eps could, for example, split a
"To: " field into a list of { username + domain + real name },
which is essentially the same scope as splitting a "Received: "
line into { from + by + with + via + for + ...}.


Larry