>I suppose some of the value is in making the specification agree more >with MIME and USENET so that shared code and cross-protocol gateways >work more transparently. I really doubt we _need_ the full glory >of RFC822 comments most of the time. Usenet doesn't allow the full glory of 822 either. In general, Usenet doesn't allow comments except in a particular format for From lines, and *sort of* single-word unknown timezones. I'd drop comment support unless you use a really limited subset of what 822 allows. Doing this still allows you to re-use all that wonderful existing 822-parsing code, but makes it easier on those writing from scratch. /r$Received on Monday, 17 April 1995 22:29:57 EDT
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