* mail headers: what's allowable? @ 1999-02-25 17:54 John H Palmieri 1999-02-25 18:02 ` Chris Tessone 1999-02-25 18:07 ` Kai.Grossjohann 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: John H Palmieri @ 1999-02-25 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, After seeing mail headers like X-Now-Reading: Italo Calvinos _Usynlige byer_ I am led to the questions: What is allowable for a mail header? What is the syntax? For example, how about X-Spook: Peking CIA Waco, Texas Semtex Ft. Bragg radar Honduras Soviet strategic explosion genetic cryptographic Panama South Africa assassination as produced by 'M-x spook'? I suspect that having entries longer than one line is bad, but can someone confirm this? -- John H. Palmieri e-mail: palmieri.2@nd.edu 205 Computing/Math Bldg. URL:http://www.nd.edu/~jpalmier/ University of Notre Dame (219) 631-8846 Notre Dame, IN 46556 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: mail headers: what's allowable? 1999-02-25 17:54 mail headers: what's allowable? John H Palmieri @ 1999-02-25 18:02 ` Chris Tessone 1999-02-25 18:07 ` Kai.Grossjohann 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Chris Tessone @ 1999-02-25 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ding May I suggest just reading the RFC? -- Chris Tessone tessone@imsa.edu tessone@fnal.gov IMSA PH/Postmaster SNPC http://www.imsa.edu/~tessone/ print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc` ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: mail headers: what's allowable? 1999-02-25 17:54 mail headers: what's allowable? John H Palmieri 1999-02-25 18:02 ` Chris Tessone @ 1999-02-25 18:07 ` Kai.Grossjohann 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Kai.Grossjohann @ 1999-02-25 18:07 UTC (permalink / raw) John H Palmieri <John.H.Palmieri.2@nd.edu> writes: > I suspect that having entries longer than one line is bad, but can > someone confirm this? Lines beginning with linear whitespace (i.e., space or tab) are considered to be continuation lines of the previous line. This also means that it is important to distinguish between blank and empty lines -- only empty lines may be used for separating the header from the body of a message. kai -- I like _\bb_\bo_\bt_\bh kinds of music. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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