On 13/12/01 4:18 pm, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's in one of the RFCs, I don't recall which. We went through this
> somewhere recently, and it ended up with people having differing opinions
> about how the standard should be interpreted, so finding the reference
> probably won't settle the question.
It wasn't this list, it was the other one:
> On 29/9/01 9:44 pm, "Steve Sell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On 9/29/01 4:16 PM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that the "Bcc" field may be empty, while the "To" field
>>>>>> is required to have at least one address.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quite what the point of a message with just blank bcc fioeld would be is a
>>>>> little beyond me, but I think it refers to the fact the bcc recipients may
>>>>> be suppressed at the receiving end.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, it doesn't Barry. It says quite clearly above that Bcc can be empty (no
>>>> recipients) but the To field is required to have at least one address.
>>>> Therefore you can't send without an address in the To field.
>>>>
>>>> How do you read this? I don't see an alternative reading.
>>>
>>> ???
>>>
>>> I read it that you must have either {From, Date & bcc} or {from, date & to}
>>> as a minimum. That means that a message with just from, date & bcc is
>>> acceptable. No 'to' is required.
>>
>> Barry,
>>
>> Maybe I'm missing something here, but what about the part that says (in the
>> note of the text you pasted in) where it says:
>>
>>> the "To" field is required to have at least one address."
>>
>> It doesn't seem like there's any ambiguity there, does it?
>>
>> -Steve
>
> Where there is a 'to' field it is required to have at least one address.
>
> But, the other option doesn't necessarily have a 'to' field, does it? The
> standard is quite clear on that. One acceptable minimum set of headers is
> 'From', 'Date' & 'bcc' - no mention of 'to' at all.
>
> Not in the least ambiguous.
>
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