In <488E0118(_dot_)9010401(_at_)winserver(_dot_)com> Hector Santos
<winserver(_dot_)support(_at_)winserver(_dot_)com> writes:
What is more realistic is the original intent of the I-D you
referenced in which you tried to revive the "Expires" header:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mailext-new-fields-15
But that draft expired nine years ago. It need not influence us now.
where it defines Expires as:
4. Expires:
Syntax: Expires-field = "Expires:" CFWS date-time [CFWS] CRLF
The Expires header indicates a date-time, at which this
message expires. The field can be used both to limit and to
extend the life of a message. User agents and servers which
employ automatic purging of old messages MAY let this field
influence the purging process. There is no requirement that a
user agent must suppress expired messages or make them
inaccessible to their owners.
Though that is not an unreasonable definition, and is fully compatible
with the Netnews version.
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