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From: cluther@supernet.dallas.haus.com (Clay Luther)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
Subject: Re: Mail header format?
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.211353.19767@supernet.dallas.haus.com>
Date: 1 Mar 91 21:13:53 GMT
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jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:


>AM I correct in deducing that *all* email header fields a re listed,
>one per line, starting at the top (any continuations are
>space-indeneted on following lines), and the header is terminated by a
>blank line?  All lines following the blank are the body.

Very close.  However, a header line may span several lines legally.  For 
instance, a legal From: line is as so:

From: Killer BOB
  <kbob@tp.us>

It is legal because the line following the header entry From: begins with 
white space.  Therefore, it is not sufficient to look at just one line when
parsing the headers.

And, yes, the headers are terminated by a blank line.


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