"Martin G. Diehl" wrote:
David MacQuigg wrote:
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RFC2822 defines the Received header as follows:
received = "Received:" name-val-list ";" date-time CRLF
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-- Dave
Do you mean these lines on pp 28 of RFC2822?
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These definitions seem to be a variation on BNF.
Please allow me to correct myself ... as I should have said ...
These definitions are written in ABNF notation as defined in
RFC 2234 - Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2234.html
Please see, "What is BNF notation?";
http://cui.unige.ch/db-research/Enseignement/analyseinfo/AboutBNF.html
... and also "Backus Normal Form vs. Backus Naur Form";
http://spirit.sourceforge.net/dl_docs/bnf.html
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