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Re: RFC To: comment syntax?

1999-04-30 08:53:27
John Conover <conover(_at_)inow(_dot_)com> writes:
I'm running down a problem I think is an MUA problem, (Netscape.) Is
it true that To: header syntax like:

   John Conover <conover(_at_)inow(_dot_)com>

is depreciated, and:

   conover(_at_)inow(_dot_)com (John Conover)

is correct?

Nope: the other way around.  The prefered format is
        phrase <address>

This is prefered over the "address (comment)" format as it is now
considered a Bad Idea for standards to specify that comments should
have any fixed interpretation.


Philip Guenther

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