- From: Barton E. Schaefer <schaefer@z-code.ncd.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 11:24:03 -0800
- To: Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com>, Ed Levinson <elevinso@Accurate.COM>
- Cc: uri@bunyip.com, ietf-822@list.cren.net
On Nov 2, 9:48am, Ned Freed wrote: } Subject: Re: host vs hostname (Was: CID: and MID: URL schemes) } } > However, converting id-spec' into a message-ID (content-ID) becomes } > problematical. Rfc 822 requires, I think, that a message-ID containing } > a host's IP address (hostnumber) have the form "[" digits "." digits "." } > digits "." digits"]" } } RFC822 actually doesn't specify what a domain literal looks like or how it } should be interpreted. No, but RFC1123 specifies in sections 2.1 and 5.2.17 that domain literals "whose content ... is a dotted-decimal host address" MUST be accepted by mailers as a valid host identifier. -- Bart Schaefer Vice President, Technology, Z-Code Software schaefer@z-code.com Division of NCD Software Corporation http://www.well.com/www/barts
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