On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Bruce Lilly wrote:
Worse than that. The original (see RFC 561) was <SP> AT <SP> only, and
space was subsequently permitted within words (RFC 724 et seq until RFC
2822 eliminated it) or even within atoms (RFC 733 et seq ...),
I heve never before encountered the idea that space was ever permitted
inside words or atoms. Could you cite the parts of the specs that you
think permit this? (There might be bugs in the BNF, and it is possible
that such bugs might be used to support an argument about spaces in
words, but the text of the RFCs seems clear enough that spaces are
permitted in "reasonable places" such as between words or atoms.)
--apb (Alan Barrett)