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From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Re: "From:" lines violating standard
Message-ID: <138@uwvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 10:38:08 EST
Article-I.D.: uwvax.138
Posted: Tue Mar  5 10:38:08 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:17:55 EST
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Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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>     Correct "From" fields:
> 	From: John Q Public 
> 	From: John Q Public 
> 
>     Illegal "From" fields:
> 	From: John Q Public (SC4-455) 	  parentheses in name
> 	From: jqp@bigvax.ARPA (John Q Public )	  angle brackets in name

The latter 'From:' is correct under RFC822 syntax -- anything in parens
is ignored by the mailer, including '<' and '>'.  Let me check on that
former line..... (rummage through documentation)... yes, the former is
correct also -- comments (stuff in parens) may be located anywhere white-
space is ok, which means they can go between the full-name and the
route-addr.

-- 
dave cohrs
...!{allegra,harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!dave
dave@wisc-rsch.arpa

    (bug?  what bug?  that's a feature!)