Hello Thomas
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:53:59 +0800, Thomas Fernandez wrote:
PS>> The other thing: i don't remember the RFC822 requiring an order in the
PS>> header fields. There is the UNIX mbox format, where messages start
PS>> with a "From " line, but that is not the "From:" field you can see
PS>> when composing a new message.
TF> Ah - that's what I mean, but I thought "From:" and "From" is the same.
TF> Stupid me.
TF> (BTW what is the difference?)
"From:" is a RFC822 header (not sure if it is required, but surely
99.99% of all mails do have it; all these RFC822 headers must have a
colon after the name) and is what you see in TB! in any From columns
and fields.
The "From " line (note the space) is not part of RFC822, but is needed
by the UNIX mbox format to separate individual messages from each
other in the mailbox file. To be more specific, the from line has a
more complicated format than just to begin with "From ", it contains
an email address and a time (which is usually interpreted as the
'received' time, while the time from the RFC822 Date: header is the
'created' time).
Regards
Peter
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