- From: Erik van der Poel <erik@netscape.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 09:34:21 -0800
- To: "Martin J. Duerst" <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
- CC: Drazen Kacar <Drazen.Kacar@public.srce.hr>, Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, Chris.Lilley@sophia.inria.fr, www-international@w3.org, Alan_Barrett/DUB/Lotus.LOTUSINT@crd.lotus.com, bobj@netscape.com, wjs@netscape.com, Ed_Batutis/CAM/Lotus@crd.lotus.com
> RFC 1522 is designed for 7-bit channels. If you have an 8-bit
> channel, there is no reason to use it.
No, 1522 was designed for something far more restrictive than a simple
7-bit channel. It was designed for email headers (e.g. To:, Cc:, From:,
etc).
In these headers, characters such as comma, '<', '>', '(', ')' and so on
have a special meaning, and there is a *lot* of software out there that
does stuff with these characters. RFC 1522 has a lot of rules for this
type of thing.
So, even if you have an 8-bit email channel, RFC 1522 is needed.
Erik
Received on Wednesday, 11 December 1996 12:37:01 UTC