John C Klensin wrote:
4) One-label names permitted, no trailing dot ever.
A note just for the funny aspect of this solution:
| Message-ID: <41943D9A(_dot_)822(_at_)xyzzy(_dot_)claranet(_dot_)de>
| Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:35:39 +0100
| Subject: RfC 2821 typo (?)
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| Hi, in RfC 2821 you used the following syntax (4.1.2, page 37):
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| | Domain = (sub-domain 1*("." sub-domain)) / address-literal
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| Is that intentionally "at least one dot", or is it a typo ?
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Your solution (4) removes the offending "1" from "1*"
in the ABNF. Subversive idea, you could submit it as
2821 erratum instead of adding tons of "rationale" to
2821bis. Obviously somebody thought that it's a typo.
Frank