- From: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:09:24 +0200
- To: www-archive@w3.org
Karl Dubost wrote: > The only mandatory fields are > * From: (or Sender: if From: is not available). > * Date: JFTR, a Sender is required if the From header field contains more or less than one address - but no From header field at all is erroneous. > See 3.6. Field definitions > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822 Yes, 2822upd won't change this. Please note that RFC 2822 is a proposed standard, officially this still means "immature", 2822upd will be a "draft standard" in the next weeks, and RFC 822 used to be the "official" full standard (STD 11). Perfectly irrelevant for anything the W3C could do, but the still "official" STD 11 had another mandatory header field: At least one of To, Cc, and Bcc, if all else fails an "empty" Bcc. And RFC 2822 (+ 2822upd) have the Message-ID as SHOULD, that's "cut your throat before sending a mail without Message-ID" (unless you have a good excuse, a MUA implemented in the 2nd millennium is the only good excuse I'm aware of... ;-) > Be Strict To Be Cool Frank
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