Headers vs. metadata
Paul Hoffman / IMC <[email protected]>
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Folks keep talking about "headers". Headers are a concept from RFC 2822. The next generation of mail protocols do not need to have headers. Metadata in messages can be carried in many ways; headers is just one method (and probably the least interesting). --Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium