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Subject: Re: concise format
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Date: 19 Nov 89 08:27:00 GMT
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It occurs to me (belatedly) that  it would be helpful to
have header lines include an explicit NAME field which is not the
same as the ADDRESS of a recipient and that these field be linked.

Yes, I know that the RFC822 format has the capability to reveal
arbitrary strings of information which are distinguishable from
the email address syntactically, but as these are treated as
comments, not all mailers seem to retain and display the information.

One could register a formal name and associate it with the address,
the latter being used to deliver the message (just like postal or
telephone numbers).

Vint