Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!dave 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 References: <274@t12tst.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 21 > 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!)