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Re: Understanding response protocols

2004-09-28 02:59:41

In <4155F835(_dot_)2080307(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> Bruce Lilly 
<blilly(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> writes:

Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:

One of the USENET concepts which has translated quite well to mail is 
the use of the References: header to thread mails.

The References field was defined in RFC 724 (possibly earlier) which
predated Usenet by years.  It was not adopted by Usenet until after
RFC 724 had been superseded by RFCs 733 and 822.

The References field as now defined in RFC 2822 is a wholly different
beast to the ones defined in RFC 724 and RFC 822. The syntax is different,
and the semantics is hugely different, being clearly derived from the
Usenet experience.

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