Hi John,
On 29/11/2022 20:53, John R. Levine wrote:
I only have a small nit:
RFC 5322 defines syntax for the Date header field:
orig-date = "Date:" date-time CRLF
Note the terminating CRLF.
Our draft inherits the header's definition from RFC4021 which refers
to RFC 2156 where the definition on page 88 imports its ABNF from RFC
822, since it predates 2822. In 822 most of the white space was
descibed in prose, not in the ABNF. In 2822 the white space was made
explicit, carried over into 5322.
I could certainly change the definition to use 5322 ABNF but then it
won't match the one in 2156, and our point is that this is the same
header that 2156 defined, just allowed in more contexts.
Both RFC 5322 and RFC 2156 intend to define the same syntax, so I don't
think which one is referenced matters that much. Obviously I prefer the
reference to RFC 5322, but lack of CRLF is not going to get people
confused when implementing, so it is not a big deal.
Best Regards,
Alexey
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