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Re: abnf for <atext> in RFC 5321?

2011-05-11 16:29:33



On 5/11/2011 2:04 PM, SM wrote:
Hi Dave,
At 13:15 11-05-2011, Dave CROCKER wrote:
<atext> seems to be an undefined rule in RFC 5321.

This is being noticed in a couple of different fora, so it's worth
resolving/fixing.

It is mentioned in a message to YAM (
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/yam/current/msg00542.html ) and also on

yup.  it /is/ showing up as an issue in multiple venues.


this mailing list. There was a reply (
http://www.imc.org/ietf-smtp/mail-archive/msg06161.html ).

that notes suggests:

I believe that
there is a statement that any productions that cannot be found
are defined either in the base ABNF spec or in 5322.

But I can find no such 'default' statement in 5322 (or 2821).

d/

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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
  bbiw.net