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
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