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+     RFC #  822
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+     Obsoletes:  RFC #733  (NIC #41952)
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+                        STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF
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+                        ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES
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+                              August 13, 1982
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+                                Revised by
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+                             David H. Crocker
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+                      Dept. of Electrical Engineering
+                 University of Delaware, Newark, DE  19711
+                      Network:  DCrocker @ UDel-Relay
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+
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
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+     PREFACE ....................................................   ii
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+     1.  INTRODUCTION ...........................................    1
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+         1.1.  Scope ............................................    1
+         1.2.  Communication Framework ..........................    2
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+     2.  NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS .................................    3
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+     3.  LEXICAL ANALYSIS OF MESSAGES ...........................    5
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+         3.1.  General Description ..............................    5
+         3.2.  Header Field Definitions .........................    9
+         3.3.  Lexical Tokens ...................................   10
+         3.4.  Clarifications ...................................   11
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+     4.  MESSAGE SPECIFICATION ..................................   17
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+         4.1.  Syntax ...........................................   17
+         4.2.  Forwarding .......................................   19
+         4.3.  Trace Fields .....................................   20
+         4.4.  Originator Fields ................................   21
+         4.5.  Receiver Fields ..................................   23
+         4.6.  Reference Fields .................................   23
+         4.7.  Other Fields .....................................   24
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+     5.  DATE AND TIME SPECIFICATION ............................   26
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+         5.1.  Syntax ...........................................   26
+         5.2.  Semantics ........................................   26
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+     6.  ADDRESS SPECIFICATION ..................................   27
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+         6.1.  Syntax ...........................................   27
+         6.2.  Semantics ........................................   27
+         6.3.  Reserved Address .................................   33
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+     7.  BIBLIOGRAPHY ...........................................   34
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+                             APPENDIX
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+     A.  EXAMPLES ...............................................   36
+     B.  SIMPLE FIELD PARSING ...................................   40
+     C.  DIFFERENCES FROM RFC #733 ..............................   41
+     D.  ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SYNTAX RULES ...................   44
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+     August 13, 1982               - i -                      RFC #822
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+                                  PREFACE
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+
+          By 1977, the Arpanet employed several informal standards for
+     the  text  messages (mail) sent among its host computers.  It was
+     felt necessary to codify these practices and  provide  for  those
+     features  that  seemed  imminent.   The result of that effort was
+     Request for Comments (RFC) #733, "Standard for the Format of ARPA
+     Network Text Message", by Crocker, Vittal, Pogran, and Henderson.
+     The specification attempted to avoid major  changes  in  existing
+     software, while permitting several new features.
+
+          This document revises the specifications  in  RFC  #733,  in
+     order  to  serve  the  needs  of the larger and more complex ARPA
+     Internet.  Some of RFC #733's features failed  to  gain  adequate
+     acceptance.   In  order to simplify the standard and the software
+     that follows it, these features have been removed.   A  different
+     addressing  scheme  is  used, to handle the case of inter-network
+     mail; and the concept of re-transmission has been introduced.
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+          This specification is intended for use in the ARPA Internet.
+     However, an attempt has been made to free it of any dependence on
+     that environment, so that it can be applied to other network text
+     message systems.
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+          The specification of RFC #733 took place over the course  of
+     one  year, using the ARPANET mail environment, itself, to provide
+     an on-going forum for discussing the capabilities to be included.
+     More  than  twenty individuals, from across the country, partici-
+     pated in  the  original  discussion.   The  development  of  this
+     revised specification has, similarly, utilized network mail-based
+     group discussion.  Both specification efforts  greatly  benefited
+     from the comments and ideas of the participants.
+
+          The syntax of the standard,  in  RFC  #733,  was  originally
+     specified  in  the  Backus-Naur Form (BNF) meta-language.  Ken L.
+     Harrenstien, of SRI International, was responsible for  re-coding
+     the  BNF  into  an  augmented  BNF  that makes the representation
+     smaller and easier to understand.
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+     1.  INTRODUCTION
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+     1.1.  SCOPE
+
+          This standard specifies a syntax for text messages that  are
+     sent  among  computer  users, within the framework of "electronic
+     mail".  The standard supersedes  the  one  specified  in  ARPANET
+     Request  for Comments #733, "Standard for the Format of ARPA Net-
+     work Text Messages".
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+          In this context, messages are viewed as having  an  envelope
+     and  contents.   The  envelope  contains  whatever information is
+     needed to accomplish transmission  and  delivery.   The  contents
+     compose  the object to be delivered to the recipient.  This stan-
+     dard applies only to the format and some of the semantics of mes-
+     sage  contents.   It contains no specification of the information
+     in the envelope.
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+          However, some message systems may use information  from  the
+     contents  to create the envelope.  It is intended that this stan-
+     dard facilitate the acquisition of such information by programs.
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+          Some message systems may  store  messages  in  formats  that
+     differ  from the one specified in this standard.  This specifica-
+     tion is intended strictly as a definition of what message content
+     format is to be passed BETWEEN hosts.
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+     Note:  This standard is NOT intended to dictate the internal for-
+            mats  used  by sites, the specific message system features
+            that they are expected to support, or any of  the  charac-
+            teristics  of  user interface programs that create or read
+            messages.
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+          A distinction should be made between what the  specification
+     REQUIRES  and  what  it ALLOWS.  Messages can be made complex and
+     rich with formally-structured components of information or can be
+     kept small and simple, with a minimum of such information.  Also,
+     the standard simplifies the interpretation  of  differing  visual
+     formats  in  messages;  only  the  visual  aspect of a message is
+     affected and not the interpretation  of  information  within  it.
+     Implementors may choose to retain such visual distinctions.
+
+          The formal definition is divided into four levels.  The bot-
+     tom level describes the meta-notation used in this document.  The
+     second level describes basic lexical analyzers that  feed  tokens
+     to  higher-level  parsers.   Next is an overall specification for
+     messages; it permits distinguishing individual fields.   Finally,
+     there is definition of the contents of several structured fields.
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+     1.2.  COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK
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+          Messages consist of lines of text.   No  special  provisions
+     are  made for encoding drawings, facsimile, speech, or structured
+     text.  No significant consideration has been given  to  questions
+     of  data  compression  or to transmission and storage efficiency,
+     and the standard tends to be free with the number  of  bits  con-
+     sumed.   For  example,  field  names  are specified as free text,
+     rather than special terse codes.
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+          A general "memo" framework is used.  That is, a message con-
+     sists of some information in a rigid format, followed by the main
+     part of the message, with a format that is not specified in  this
+     document.   The  syntax of several fields of the rigidly-formated
+     ("headers") section is defined in  this  specification;  some  of
+     these fields must be included in all messages.
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+          The syntax  that  distinguishes  between  header  fields  is
+     specified  separately  from  the  internal  syntax for particular
+     fields.  This separation is intended to allow simple  parsers  to
+     operate on the general structure of messages, without concern for
+     the detailed structure of individual header fields.   Appendix  B
+     is provided to facilitate construction of these parsers.
+
+          In addition to the fields specified in this document, it  is
+     expected  that  other fields will gain common use.  As necessary,
+     the specifications for these "extension-fields" will be published
+     through  the same mechanism used to publish this document.  Users
+     may also  wish  to  extend  the  set  of  fields  that  they  use
+     privately.  Such "user-defined fields" are permitted.
+
+          The framework severely constrains document tone and  appear-
+     ance and is primarily useful for most intra-organization communi-
+     cations and  well-structured   inter-organization  communication.
+     It  also  can  be used for some types of inter-process communica-
+     tion, such as simple file transfer and remote job entry.  A  more
+     robust  framework might allow for multi-font, multi-color, multi-
+     dimension encoding of information.  A  less  robust  one,  as  is
+     present  in  most  single-machine  message  systems,  would  more
+     severely constrain the ability to add fields and the decision  to
+     include specific fields.  In contrast with paper-based communica-
+     tion, it is interesting to note that the RECEIVER  of  a  message
+     can   exercise  an  extraordinary  amount  of  control  over  the
+     message's appearance.  The amount of actual control available  to
+     message  receivers  is  contingent upon the capabilities of their
+     individual message systems.
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+     2.  NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS
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+          This specification uses an augmented Backus-Naur Form  (BNF)
+     notation.  The differences from standard BNF involve naming rules
+     and indicating repetition and "local" alternatives.
+
+     2.1.  RULE NAMING
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+          Angle brackets ("<", ">") are not  used,  in  general.   The
+     name  of  a rule is simply the name itself, rather than "<name>".
+     Quotation-marks enclose literal text (which may be  upper  and/or
+     lower  case).   Certain  basic  rules  are  in uppercase, such as
+     SPACE, TAB, CRLF, DIGIT, ALPHA, etc.  Angle brackets are used  in
+     rule  definitions,  and  in  the rest of this  document, whenever
+     their presence will facilitate discerning the use of rule names.
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+     2.2.  RULE1 / RULE2:  ALTERNATIVES
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+          Elements separated by slash ("/") are alternatives.   There-
+     fore "foo / bar" will accept foo or bar.
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+     2.3.  (RULE1 RULE2):  LOCAL ALTERNATIVES
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+          Elements enclosed in parentheses are  treated  as  a  single
+     element.   Thus,  "(elem  (foo  /  bar)  elem)"  allows the token
+     sequences "elem foo elem" and "elem bar elem".
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+     2.4.  *RULE:  REPETITION
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+          The character "*" preceding an element indicates repetition.
+     The full form is:
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+                              <l>*<m>element
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+     indicating at least <l> and at most <m> occurrences  of  element.
+     Default values are 0 and infinity so that "*(element)" allows any
+     number, including zero; "1*element" requires at  least  one;  and
+     "1*2element" allows one or two.
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+     2.5.  [RULE]:  OPTIONAL
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+          Square brackets enclose optional elements; "[foo  bar]"   is
+     equivalent to "*1(foo bar)".
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+     2.6.  NRULE:  SPECIFIC REPETITION
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+          "<n>(element)" is equivalent to "<n>*<n>(element)"; that is,
+     exactly  <n>  occurrences  of (element). Thus 2DIGIT is a 2-digit
+     number, and 3ALPHA is a string of three alphabetic characters.
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+     2.7.  #RULE:  LISTS
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+          A construct "#" is defined, similar to "*", as follows:
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+                              <l>#<m>element
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+     indicating at least <l> and at most <m> elements, each  separated
+     by  one  or more commas (","). This makes the usual form of lists
+     very easy; a rule such as '(element *("," element))' can be shown
+     as  "1#element".   Wherever this construct is used, null elements
+     are allowed, but do not  contribute  to  the  count  of  elements
+     present.   That  is,  "(element),,(element)"  is  permitted,  but
+     counts as only two elements.  Therefore, where at least one  ele-
+     ment  is required, at least one non-null element must be present.
+     Default values are 0 and infinity so that "#(element)" allows any
+     number,  including  zero;  "1#element" requires at least one; and
+     "1#2element" allows one or two.
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+     2.8.  ; COMMENTS
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+          A semi-colon, set off some distance to  the  right  of  rule
+     text,  starts  a comment that continues to the end of line.  This
+     is a simple way of including useful notes in  parallel  with  the
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+     3.  LEXICAL ANALYSIS OF MESSAGES
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+     3.1.  GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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+          A message consists of header fields and, optionally, a body.
+     The  body  is simply a sequence of lines containing ASCII charac-
+     ters.  It is separated from the headers by a null line  (i.e.,  a
+     line with nothing preceding the CRLF).
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+     3.1.1.  LONG HEADER FIELDS
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+        Each header field can be viewed as a single, logical  line  of
+        ASCII  characters,  comprising  a field-name and a field-body.
+        For convenience, the field-body  portion  of  this  conceptual
+        entity  can be split into a multiple-line representation; this
+        is called "folding".  The general rule is that wherever  there
+        may  be  linear-white-space  (NOT  simply  LWSP-chars), a CRLF
+        immediately followed by AT LEAST one LWSP-char may instead  be
+        inserted.  Thus, the single line
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+            To:  "Joe & J. Harvey" <ddd @Org>, JJV @ BBN
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+        can be represented as:
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+            To:  "Joe & J. Harvey" <ddd @ Org>,
+                    JJV@BBN
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+        and
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+            To:  "Joe & J. Harvey"
+                            <ddd@ Org>, JJV
+             @BBN
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+        and
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+            To:  "Joe &
+             J. Harvey" <ddd @ Org>, JJV @ BBN
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+             The process of moving  from  this  folded   multiple-line
+        representation  of a header field to its single line represen-
+        tation is called "unfolding".  Unfolding  is  accomplished  by
+        regarding   CRLF   immediately  followed  by  a  LWSP-char  as
+        equivalent to the LWSP-char.
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+        Note:  While the standard  permits  folding  wherever  linear-
+               white-space is permitted, it is recommended that struc-
+               tured fields, such as those containing addresses, limit
+               folding  to higher-level syntactic breaks.  For address
+               fields, it  is  recommended  that  such  folding  occur
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+               between addresses, after the separating comma.
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+     3.1.2.  STRUCTURE OF HEADER FIELDS
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+        Once a field has been unfolded, it may be viewed as being com-
+        posed of a field-name followed by a colon (":"), followed by a
+        field-body, and  terminated  by  a  carriage-return/line-feed.
+        The  field-name must be composed of printable ASCII characters
+        (i.e., characters that  have  values  between  33.  and  126.,
+        decimal, except colon).  The field-body may be composed of any
+        ASCII characters, except CR or LF.  (While CR and/or LF may be
+        present  in the actual text, they are removed by the action of
+        unfolding the field.)
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+        Certain field-bodies of headers may be  interpreted  according
+        to  an  internal  syntax  that some systems may wish to parse.
+        These  fields  are  called  "structured   fields".    Examples
+        include  fields containing dates and addresses.  Other fields,
+        such as "Subject"  and  "Comments",  are  regarded  simply  as
+        strings of text.
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+        Note:  Any field which has a field-body  that  is  defined  as
+               other  than  simply <text> is to be treated as a struc-
+               tured field.
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+               Field-names, unstructured field bodies  and  structured
+               field bodies each are scanned by their own, independent
+               "lexical" analyzers.
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+     3.1.3.  UNSTRUCTURED FIELD BODIES
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+        For some fields, such as "Subject" and "Comments",  no  struc-
+        turing  is assumed, and they are treated simply as <text>s, as
+        in the message body.  Rules of folding apply to these  fields,
+        so  that  such  field  bodies  which occupy several lines must
+        therefore have the second and successive lines indented by  at
+        least one LWSP-char.
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+     3.1.4.  STRUCTURED FIELD BODIES
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+        To aid in the creation and reading of structured  fields,  the
+        free  insertion   of linear-white-space (which permits folding
+        by inclusion of CRLFs)  is  allowed  between  lexical  tokens.
+        Rather  than  obscuring  the  syntax  specifications for these
+        structured fields with explicit syntax for this  linear-white-
+        space, the existence of another "lexical" analyzer is assumed.
+        This analyzer does not apply  for  unstructured  field  bodies
+        that  are  simply  strings  of  text, as described above.  The
+        analyzer provides  an  interpretation  of  the  unfolded  text
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+        composing  the body of the field as a sequence of lexical sym-
+        bols.
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+        These symbols are:
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+                     -  individual special characters
+                     -  quoted-strings
+                     -  domain-literals
+                     -  comments
+                     -  atoms
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+        The first four of these symbols  are  self-delimiting.   Atoms
+        are not; they are delimited by the self-delimiting symbols and
+        by  linear-white-space.   For  the  purposes  of  regenerating
+        sequences  of  atoms  and quoted-strings, exactly one SPACE is
+        assumed to exist, and should be used, between them.  (Also, in
+        the "Clarifications" section on "White Space", below, note the
+        rules about treatment of multiple contiguous LWSP-chars.)
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+        So, for example, the folded body of an address field
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+            ":sysmail"@  Some-Group. Some-Org,
+            Muhammed.(I am  the greatest) Ali @(the)Vegas.WBA
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+        is analyzed into the following lexical symbols and types:
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+                    :sysmail              quoted string
+                    @                     special
+                    Some-Group            atom
+                    .                     special
+                    Some-Org              atom
+                    ,                     special
+                    Muhammed              atom
+                    .                     special
+                    (I am  the greatest)  comment
+                    Ali                   atom
+                    @                     atom
+                    (the)                 comment
+                    Vegas                 atom
+                    .                     special
+                    WBA                   atom
+
+        The canonical representations for the data in these  addresses
+        are the following strings:
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+                        ":sysmail"@Some-Group.Some-Org
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+        and
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+                            Muhammed.Ali@Vegas.WBA
+
+        Note:  For purposes of display, and when passing  such  struc-
+               tured information to other systems, such as mail proto-
+               col  services,  there  must  be  NO  linear-white-space
+               between  <word>s  that are separated by period (".") or
+               at-sign ("@") and exactly one SPACE between  all  other
+               <word>s.  Also, headers should be in a folded form.
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+     3.2.  HEADER FIELD DEFINITIONS
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+          These rules show a field meta-syntax, without regard for the
+     particular  type  or internal syntax.  Their purpose is to permit
+     detection of fields; also, they present to  higher-level  parsers
+     an image of each field as fitting on one line.
+
+     field       =  field-name ":" [ field-body ] CRLF
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+     field-name  =  1*<any CHAR, excluding CTLs, SPACE, and ":">
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+     field-body  =  field-body-contents
+                    [CRLF LWSP-char field-body]
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+     field-body-contents =
+                   <the ASCII characters making up the field-body, as
+                    defined in the following sections, and consisting
+                    of combinations of atom, quoted-string, and
+                    specials tokens, or else consisting of texts>
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+     3.3.  LEXICAL TOKENS
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+          The following rules are used to define an underlying lexical
+     analyzer,  which  feeds  tokens to higher level parsers.  See the
+     ANSI references, in the Bibliography.
+
+                                                 ; (  Octal, Decimal.)
+     CHAR        =  <any ASCII character>        ; (  0-177,  0.-127.)
+     ALPHA       =  <any ASCII alphabetic character>
+                                                 ; (101-132, 65.- 90.)
+                                                 ; (141-172, 97.-122.)
+     DIGIT       =  <any ASCII decimal digit>    ; ( 60- 71, 48.- 57.)
+     CTL         =  <any ASCII control           ; (  0- 37,  0.- 31.)
+                     character and DEL>          ; (    177,     127.)
+     CR          =  <ASCII CR, carriage return>  ; (     15,      13.)
+     LF          =  <ASCII LF, linefeed>         ; (     12,      10.)
+     SPACE       =  <ASCII SP, space>            ; (     40,      32.)
+     HTAB        =  <ASCII HT, horizontal-tab>   ; (     11,       9.)
+     <">         =  <ASCII quote mark>           ; (     42,      34.)
+     CRLF        =  CR LF
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+     LWSP-char   =  SPACE / HTAB                 ; semantics = SPACE
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+     linear-white-space =  1*([CRLF] LWSP-char)  ; semantics = SPACE
+                                                 ; CRLF => folding
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+     specials    =  "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@"  ; Must be in quoted-
+                 /  "," / ";" / ":" / "\" / <">  ;  string, to use
+                 /  "." / "[" / "]"              ;  within a word.
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+     delimiters  =  specials / linear-white-space / comment
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+     text        =  <any CHAR, including bare    ; => atoms, specials,
+                     CR & bare LF, but NOT       ;  comments and
+                     including CRLF>             ;  quoted-strings are
+                                                 ;  NOT recognized.
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+     atom        =  1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>
+
+     quoted-string = <"> *(qtext/quoted-pair) <">; Regular qtext or
+                                                 ;   quoted chars.
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+     qtext       =  <any CHAR excepting <">,     ; => may be folded
+                     "\" & CR, and including
+                     linear-white-space>
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+     domain-literal =  "[" *(dtext / quoted-pair) "]"
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+     dtext       =  <any CHAR excluding "[",     ; => may be folded
+                     "]", "\" & CR, & including
+                     linear-white-space>
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+     comment     =  "(" *(ctext / quoted-pair / comment) ")"
+
+     ctext       =  <any CHAR excluding "(",     ; => may be folded
+                     ")", "\" & CR, & including
+                     linear-white-space>
+
+     quoted-pair =  "\" CHAR                     ; may quote any char
+
+     phrase      =  1*word                       ; Sequence of words
+
+     word        =  atom / quoted-string
+
+
+     3.4.  CLARIFICATIONS
+
+     3.4.1.  QUOTING
+
+        Some characters are reserved for special interpretation,  such
+        as  delimiting lexical tokens.  To permit use of these charac-
+        ters as uninterpreted data, a quoting mechanism  is  provided.
+        To quote a character, precede it with a backslash ("\").
+
+        This mechanism is not fully general.  Characters may be quoted
+        only  within  a subset of the lexical constructs.  In particu-
+        lar, quoting is limited to use within:
+
+                             -  quoted-string
+                             -  domain-literal
+                             -  comment
+
+        Within these constructs, quoting is REQUIRED for  CR  and  "\"
+        and for the character(s) that delimit the token (e.g., "(" and
+        ")" for a comment).  However, quoting  is  PERMITTED  for  any
+        character.
+
+        Note:  In particular, quoting is NOT permitted  within  atoms.
+               For  example  when  the local-part of an addr-spec must
+               contain a special character, a quoted  string  must  be
+               used.  Therefore, a specification such as:
+
+                            Full\ Name@Domain
+
+               is not legal and must be specified as:
+
+                            "Full Name"@Domain
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 11 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     3.4.2.  WHITE SPACE
+
+        Note:  In structured field bodies, multiple linear space ASCII
+               characters  (namely  HTABs  and  SPACEs) are treated as
+               single spaces and may freely surround any  symbol.   In
+               all header fields, the only place in which at least one
+               LWSP-char is REQUIRED is at the beginning of  continua-
+               tion lines in a folded field.
+
+        When passing text to processes  that  do  not  interpret  text
+        according to this standard (e.g., mail protocol servers), then
+        NO linear-white-space characters should occur between a period
+        (".") or at-sign ("@") and a <word>.  Exactly ONE SPACE should
+        be used in place of arbitrary linear-white-space  and  comment
+        sequences.
+
+        Note:  Within systems conforming to this standard, wherever  a
+               member of the list of delimiters is allowed, LWSP-chars
+               may also occur before and/or after it.
+
+        Writers of  mail-sending  (i.e.,  header-generating)  programs
+        should realize that there is no network-wide definition of the
+        effect of ASCII HT (horizontal-tab) characters on the  appear-
+        ance  of  text  at another network host; therefore, the use of
+        tabs in message headers, though permitted, is discouraged.
+
+     3.4.3.  COMMENTS
+
+        A comment is a set of ASCII characters, which is  enclosed  in
+        matching  parentheses  and which is not within a quoted-string
+        The comment construct permits message originators to add  text
+        which  will  be  useful  for  human readers, but which will be
+        ignored by the formal semantics.  Comments should be  retained
+        while  the  message  is subject to interpretation according to
+        this standard.  However, comments  must  NOT  be  included  in
+        other  cases,  such  as  during  protocol  exchanges with mail
+        servers.
+
+        Comments nest, so that if an unquoted left parenthesis  occurs
+        in  a  comment  string,  there  must  also be a matching right
+        parenthesis.  When a comment acts as the delimiter  between  a
+        sequence of two lexical symbols, such as two atoms, it is lex-
+        ically equivalent with a single SPACE,  for  the  purposes  of
+        regenerating  the  sequence, such as when passing the sequence
+        onto a mail protocol server.  Comments are  detected  as  such
+        only within field-bodies of structured fields.
+
+        If a comment is to be "folded" onto multiple lines,  then  the
+        syntax  for  folding  must  be  adhered to.  (See the "Lexical
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 12 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        Analysis of Messages" section on "Folding Long Header  Fields"
+        above,  and  the  section on "Case Independence" below.)  Note
+        that  the  official  semantics  therefore  do  not  "see"  any
+        unquoted CRLFs that are in comments, although particular pars-
+        ing programs may wish to note their presence.  For these  pro-
+        grams,  it would be reasonable to interpret a "CRLF LWSP-char"
+        as being a CRLF that is part of the comment; i.e., the CRLF is
+        kept  and  the  LWSP-char is discarded.  Quoted CRLFs (i.e., a
+        backslash followed by a CR followed by a  LF)  still  must  be
+        followed by at least one LWSP-char.
+
+     3.4.4.  DELIMITING AND QUOTING CHARACTERS
+
+        The quote character (backslash) and  characters  that  delimit
+        syntactic  units  are not, generally, to be taken as data that
+        are part of the delimited or quoted unit(s).   In  particular,
+        the   quotation-marks   that   define   a  quoted-string,  the
+        parentheses that define  a  comment  and  the  backslash  that
+        quotes  a  following  character  are  NOT  part of the quoted-
+        string, comment or quoted character.  A quotation-mark that is
+        to  be  part  of  a quoted-string, a parenthesis that is to be
+        part of a comment and a backslash that is to be part of either
+        must  each be preceded by the quote-character backslash ("\").
+        Note that the syntax allows any character to be quoted  within
+        a  quoted-string  or  comment; however only certain characters
+        MUST be quoted to be included as data.  These  characters  are
+        the  ones that are not part of the alternate text group (i.e.,
+        ctext or qtext).
+
+        The one exception to this rule  is  that  a  single  SPACE  is
+        assumed  to  exist  between  contiguous words in a phrase, and
+        this interpretation is independent of  the  actual  number  of
+        LWSP-chars  that  the  creator  places  between the words.  To
+        include more than one SPACE, the creator must make  the  LWSP-
+        chars be part of a quoted-string.
+
+        Quotation marks that delimit a quoted string  and  backslashes
+        that  quote  the  following character should NOT accompany the
+        quoted-string when the string is passed to processes  that  do
+        not interpret data according to this specification (e.g., mail
+        protocol servers).
+
+     3.4.5.  QUOTED-STRINGS
+
+        Where permitted (i.e., in words in structured fields)  quoted-
+        strings  are  treated  as a single symbol.  That is, a quoted-
+        string is equivalent to an atom, syntactically.  If a  quoted-
+        string  is to be "folded" onto multiple lines, then the syntax
+        for folding must be adhered to.  (See the "Lexical Analysis of
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 13 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        Messages"  section  on "Folding Long Header Fields" above, and
+        the section on "Case  Independence"  below.)   Therefore,  the
+        official  semantics  do  not  "see" any bare CRLFs that are in
+        quoted-strings; however particular parsing programs  may  wish
+        to  note  their presence.  For such programs, it would be rea-
+        sonable to interpret a "CRLF LWSP-char" as being a CRLF  which
+        is  part  of the quoted-string; i.e., the CRLF is kept and the
+        LWSP-char is discarded.  Quoted CRLFs (i.e., a backslash  fol-
+        lowed  by  a CR followed by a LF) are also subject to rules of
+        folding, but the presence of the quoting character (backslash)
+        explicitly  indicates  that  the  CRLF  is  data to the quoted
+        string.  Stripping off the first following LWSP-char  is  also
+        appropriate when parsing quoted CRLFs.
+
+     3.4.6.  BRACKETING CHARACTERS
+
+        There is one type of bracket which must occur in matched pairs
+        and may have pairs nested within each other:
+
+            o   Parentheses ("(" and ")") are used  to  indicate  com-
+                ments.
+
+        There are three types of brackets which must occur in  matched
+        pairs, and which may NOT be nested:
+
+            o   Colon/semi-colon (":" and ";") are   used  in  address
+                specifications  to  indicate that the included list of
+                addresses are to be treated as a group.
+
+            o   Angle brackets ("<" and ">")  are  generally  used  to
+                indicate  the  presence of a one machine-usable refer-
+                ence (e.g., delimiting mailboxes), possibly  including
+                source-routing to the machine.
+
+            o   Square brackets ("[" and "]") are used to indicate the
+                presence  of  a  domain-literal, which the appropriate
+                name-domain  is  to  use  directly,  bypassing  normal
+                name-resolution mechanisms.
+
+     3.4.7.  CASE INDEPENDENCE
+
+        Except as noted, alphabetic strings may be represented in  any
+        combination of upper and lower case.  The only syntactic units
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 14 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        which requires preservation of case information are:
+
+                    -  text
+                    -  qtext
+                    -  dtext
+                    -  ctext
+                    -  quoted-pair
+                    -  local-part, except "Postmaster"
+
+        When matching any other syntactic unit, case is to be ignored.
+        For  example, the field-names "From", "FROM", "from", and even
+        "FroM" are semantically equal and should all be treated ident-
+        ically.
+
+        When generating these units, any mix of upper and  lower  case
+        alphabetic  characters  may  be  used.  The case shown in this
+        specification is suggested for message-creating processes.
+
+        Note:  The reserved local-part address unit, "Postmaster",  is
+               an  exception.   When  the  value "Postmaster" is being
+               interpreted, it must be  accepted  in  any  mixture  of
+               case, including "POSTMASTER", and "postmaster".
+
+     3.4.8.  FOLDING LONG HEADER FIELDS
+
+        Each header field may be represented on exactly one line  con-
+        sisting  of the name of the field and its body, and terminated
+        by a CRLF; this is what the parser sees.  For readability, the
+        field-body  portion of long header fields may be "folded" onto
+        multiple lines of the actual field.  "Long" is commonly inter-
+        preted  to  mean greater than 65 or 72 characters.  The former
+        length serves as a limit, when the message is to be viewed  on
+        most  simple terminals which use simple display software; how-
+        ever, the limit is not imposed by this standard.
+
+        Note:  Some display software often can selectively fold lines,
+               to  suit  the display terminal.  In such cases, sender-
+               provided  folding  can  interfere  with   the   display
+               software.
+
+     3.4.9.  BACKSPACE CHARACTERS
+
+        ASCII BS characters (Backspace, decimal 8) may be included  in
+        texts and quoted-strings to effect overstriking.  However, any
+        use of backspaces which effects an overstrike to the  left  of
+        the beginning of the text or quoted-string is prohibited.
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 15 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     3.4.10.  NETWORK-SPECIFIC TRANSFORMATIONS
+
+        During transmission through heterogeneous networks, it may  be
+        necessary  to  force data to conform to a network's local con-
+        ventions.  For example, it may be required that a CR  be  fol-
+        lowed  either by LF, making a CRLF, or by <null>, if the CR is
+        to stand alone).  Such transformations are reversed, when  the
+        message exits that network.
+
+        When  crossing  network  boundaries,  the  message  should  be
+        treated  as  passing  through  two modules.  It will enter the
+        first module containing whatever network-specific  transforma-
+        tions  that  were  necessary  to  permit migration through the
+        "current" network.  It then passes through the modules:
+
+            o   Transformation Reversal
+
+                The "current" network's idiosyncracies are removed and
+                the  message  is returned to the canonical form speci-
+                fied in this standard.
+
+            o   Transformation
+
+                The "next" network's local idiosyncracies are  imposed
+                on the message.
+
+                                ------------------
+                    From   ==>  | Remove Net-A   |
+                    Net-A       | idiosyncracies |
+                                ------------------
+                                       ||
+                                       \/
+                                  Conformance
+                                  with standard
+                                       ||
+                                       \/
+                                ------------------
+                                | Impose Net-B   |  ==>  To
+                                | idiosyncracies |       Net-B
+                                ------------------
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 16 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     4.  MESSAGE SPECIFICATION
+
+     4.1.  SYNTAX
+
+     Note:  Due to an artifact of the notational conventions, the syn-
+            tax  indicates that, when present, some fields, must be in
+            a particular order.  Header fields  are  NOT  required  to
+            occur  in  any  particular  order, except that the message
+            body must occur AFTER  the  headers.   It  is  recommended
+            that,  if  present,  headers be sent in the order "Return-
+            Path", "Received", "Date",  "From",  "Subject",  "Sender",
+            "To", "cc", etc.
+
+            This specification permits multiple  occurrences  of  most
+            fields.   Except  as  noted,  their  interpretation is not
+            specified here, and their use is discouraged.
+
+          The following syntax for the bodies of various fields should
+     be  thought  of  as  describing  each field body as a single long
+     string (or line).  The "Lexical Analysis of Message"  section  on
+     "Long  Header Fields", above, indicates how such long strings can
+     be represented on more than one line in  the  actual  transmitted
+     message.
+
+     message     =  fields *( CRLF *text )       ; Everything after
+                                                 ;  first null line
+                                                 ;  is message body
+
+     fields      =    dates                      ; Creation time,
+                      source                     ;  author id & one
+                    1*destination                ;  address required
+                     *optional-field             ;  others optional
+
+     source      = [  trace ]                    ; net traversals
+                      originator                 ; original mail
+                   [  resent ]                   ; forwarded
+
+     trace       =    return                     ; path to sender
+                    1*received                   ; receipt tags
+
+     return      =  "Return-path" ":" route-addr ; return address
+
+     received    =  "Received"    ":"            ; one per relay
+                       ["from" domain]           ; sending host
+                       ["by"   domain]           ; receiving host
+                       ["via"  atom]             ; physical path
+                      *("with" atom)             ; link/mail protocol
+                       ["id"   msg-id]           ; receiver msg id
+                       ["for"  addr-spec]        ; initial form
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 17 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+                        ";"    date-time         ; time received
+
+     originator  =   authentic                   ; authenticated addr
+                   [ "Reply-To"   ":" 1#address] )
+
+     authentic   =   "From"       ":"   mailbox  ; Single author
+                 / ( "Sender"     ":"   mailbox  ; Actual submittor
+                     "From"       ":" 1#mailbox) ; Multiple authors
+                                                 ;  or not sender
+
+     resent      =   resent-authentic
+                   [ "Resent-Reply-To"  ":" 1#address] )
+
+     resent-authentic =
+                 =   "Resent-From"      ":"   mailbox
+                 / ( "Resent-Sender"    ":"   mailbox
+                     "Resent-From"      ":" 1#mailbox  )
+
+     dates       =   orig-date                   ; Original
+                   [ resent-date ]               ; Forwarded
+
+     orig-date   =  "Date"        ":"   date-time
+
+     resent-date =  "Resent-Date" ":"   date-time
+
+     destination =  "To"          ":" 1#address  ; Primary
+                 /  "Resent-To"   ":" 1#address
+                 /  "cc"          ":" 1#address  ; Secondary
+                 /  "Resent-cc"   ":" 1#address
+                 /  "bcc"         ":"  #address  ; Blind carbon
+                 /  "Resent-bcc"  ":"  #address
+
+     optional-field =
+                 /  "Message-ID"        ":"   msg-id
+                 /  "Resent-Message-ID" ":"   msg-id
+                 /  "In-Reply-To"       ":"  *(phrase / msg-id)
+                 /  "References"        ":"  *(phrase / msg-id)
+                 /  "Keywords"          ":"  #phrase
+                 /  "Subject"           ":"  *text
+                 /  "Comments"          ":"  *text
+                 /  "Encrypted"         ":" 1#2word
+                 /  extension-field              ; To be defined
+                 /  user-defined-field           ; May be pre-empted
+
+     msg-id      =  "<" addr-spec ">"            ; Unique message id
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 18 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     extension-field =
+                   <Any field which is defined in a document
+                    published as a formal extension to this
+                    specification; none will have names beginning
+                    with the string "X-">
+
+     user-defined-field =
+                   <Any field which has not been defined
+                    in this specification or published as an
+                    extension to this specification; names for
+                    such fields must be unique and may be
+                    pre-empted by published extensions>
+
+     4.2.  FORWARDING
+
+          Some systems permit mail recipients to  forward  a  message,
+     retaining  the original headers, by adding some new fields.  This
+     standard supports such a service, through the "Resent-" prefix to
+     field names.
+
+          Whenever the string "Resent-" begins a field name, the field
+     has  the  same  semantics as a field whose name does not have the
+     prefix.  However, the message is assumed to have  been  forwarded
+     by  an original recipient who attached the "Resent-" field.  This
+     new field is treated as being more recent  than  the  equivalent,
+     original  field.   For  example, the "Resent-From", indicates the
+     person that forwarded the message, whereas the "From" field indi-
+     cates the original author.
+
+          Use of such precedence  information  depends  upon  partici-
+     pants'  communication needs.  For example, this standard does not
+     dictate when a "Resent-From:" address should receive replies,  in
+     lieu of sending them to the "From:" address.
+
+     Note:  In general, the "Resent-" fields should be treated as con-
+            taining  a  set  of information that is independent of the
+            set of original fields.  Information for  one  set  should
+            not  automatically be taken from the other.  The interpre-
+            tation of multiple "Resent-" fields, of the same type,  is
+            undefined.
+
+          In the remainder of this specification, occurrence of  legal
+     "Resent-"  fields  are treated identically with the occurrence of
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 19 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     fields whose names do not contain this prefix.
+
+     4.3.  TRACE FIELDS
+
+          Trace information is used to provide an audit trail of  mes-
+     sage  handling.   In  addition,  it indicates a route back to the
+     sender of the message.
+
+          The list of known "via" and  "with"  values  are  registered
+     with  the  Network  Information  Center, SRI International, Menlo
+     Park, California.
+
+     4.3.1.  RETURN-PATH
+
+        This field  is  added  by  the  final  transport  system  that
+        delivers  the message to its recipient.  The field is intended
+        to contain definitive information about the address and  route
+        back to the message's originator.
+
+        Note:  The "Reply-To" field is added  by  the  originator  and
+               serves  to  direct  replies,  whereas the "Return-Path"
+               field is used to identify a path back to  the  origina-
+               tor.
+
+        While the syntax  indicates  that  a  route  specification  is
+        optional,  every attempt should be made to provide that infor-
+        mation in this field.
+
+     4.3.2.  RECEIVED
+
+        A copy of this field is added by each transport  service  that
+        relays the message.  The information in the field can be quite
+        useful for tracing transport problems.
+
+        The names of the sending  and  receiving  hosts  and  time-of-
+        receipt may be specified.  The "via" parameter may be used, to
+        indicate what physical mechanism the message  was  sent  over,
+        such  as  Arpanet or Phonenet, and the "with" parameter may be
+        used to indicate the mail-,  or  connection-,  level  protocol
+        that  was  used, such as the SMTP mail protocol, or X.25 tran-
+        sport protocol.
+
+        Note:  Several "with" parameters may  be  included,  to  fully
+               specify the set of protocols that were used.
+
+        Some transport services queue mail; the internal message iden-
+        tifier that is assigned to the message may be noted, using the
+        "id" parameter.  When the  sending  host  uses  a  destination
+        address specification that the receiving host reinterprets, by
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 20 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        expansion or transformation, the receiving host  may  wish  to
+        record  the original specification, using the "for" parameter.
+        For example, when a copy of mail is sent to the  member  of  a
+        distribution  list,  this  parameter may be used to record the
+        original address that was used to specify the list.
+
+     4.4.  ORIGINATOR FIELDS
+
+          The standard allows only a subset of the combinations possi-
+     ble  with the From, Sender, Reply-To, Resent-From, Resent-Sender,
+     and Resent-Reply-To fields.  The limitation is intentional.
+
+     4.4.1.  FROM / RESENT-FROM
+
+        This field contains the identity of the person(s)  who  wished
+        this  message to be sent.  The message-creation process should
+        default this field  to  be  a  single,  authenticated  machine
+        address,  indicating  the  AGENT  (person,  system or process)
+        entering the message.  If this is not done, the "Sender" field
+        MUST  be  present.  If the "From" field IS defaulted this way,
+        the "Sender" field is  optional  and  is  redundant  with  the
+        "From"  field.   In  all  cases, addresses in the "From" field
+        must be machine-usable (addr-specs) and may not contain  named
+        lists (groups).
+
+     4.4.2.  SENDER / RESENT-SENDER
+
+        This field contains the authenticated identity  of  the  AGENT
+        (person,  system  or  process)  that sends the message.  It is
+        intended for use when the sender is not the author of the mes-
+        sage,  or  to  indicate  who among a group of authors actually
+        sent the message.  If the contents of the "Sender" field would
+        be  completely  redundant  with  the  "From"  field,  then the
+        "Sender" field need not be present and its use is  discouraged
+        (though  still legal).  In particular, the "Sender" field MUST
+        be present if it is NOT the same as the "From" Field.
+
+        The Sender mailbox  specification  includes  a  word  sequence
+        which  must correspond to a specific agent (i.e., a human user
+        or a computer program) rather than a standard  address.   This
+        indicates  the  expectation  that  the field will identify the
+        single AGENT (person,  system,  or  process)  responsible  for
+        sending  the mail and not simply include the name of a mailbox
+        from which the mail was sent.  For example in the  case  of  a
+        shared login name, the name, by itself, would not be adequate.
+        The local-part address unit, which refers to  this  agent,  is
+        expected to be a computer system term, and not (for example) a
+        generalized person reference which can  be  used  outside  the
+        network text message context.
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 21 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        Since the critical function served by the  "Sender"  field  is
+        identification  of  the agent responsible for sending mail and
+        since computer programs cannot be held accountable  for  their
+        behavior, it is strongly recommended that when a computer pro-
+        gram generates a message, the HUMAN  who  is  responsible  for
+        that program be referenced as part of the "Sender" field mail-
+        box specification.
+
+     4.4.3.  REPLY-TO / RESENT-REPLY-TO
+
+        This field provides a general  mechanism  for  indicating  any
+        mailbox(es)  to which responses are to be sent.  Three typical
+        uses for this feature can  be  distinguished.   In  the  first
+        case,  the  author(s) may not have regular machine-based mail-
+        boxes and therefore wish(es) to indicate an alternate  machine
+        address.   In  the  second case, an author may wish additional
+        persons to be made aware of, or responsible for,  replies.   A
+        somewhat  different  use  may be of some help to "text message
+        teleconferencing" groups equipped with automatic  distribution
+        services:   include the address of that service in the "Reply-
+        To" field of all messages  submitted  to  the  teleconference;
+        then  participants  can  "reply"  to conference submissions to
+        guarantee the correct distribution of any submission of  their
+        own.
+
+        Note:  The "Return-Path" field is added by the mail  transport
+               service,  at the time of final deliver.  It is intended
+               to identify a path back to the orginator  of  the  mes-
+               sage.   The  "Reply-To"  field  is added by the message
+               originator and is intended to direct replies.
+
+     4.4.4.  AUTOMATIC USE OF FROM / SENDER / REPLY-TO
+
+        For systems which automatically  generate  address  lists  for
+        replies to messages, the following recommendations are made:
+
+            o   The "Sender" field mailbox should be sent  notices  of
+                any  problems in transport or delivery of the original
+                messages.  If there is no  "Sender"  field,  then  the
+                "From" field mailbox should be used.
+
+            o   The  "Sender"  field  mailbox  should  NEVER  be  used
+                automatically, in a recipient's reply message.
+
+            o   If the "Reply-To" field exists, then the reply  should
+                go to the addresses indicated in that field and not to
+                the address(es) indicated in the "From" field.
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 22 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+            o   If there is a "From" field, but no  "Reply-To"  field,
+                the  reply should be sent to the address(es) indicated
+                in the "From" field.
+
+        Sometimes, a recipient may actually wish to  communicate  with
+        the  person  that  initiated  the  message  transfer.  In such
+        cases, it is reasonable to use the "Sender" address.
+
+        This recommendation is intended  only  for  automated  use  of
+        originator-fields  and is not intended to suggest that replies
+        may not also be sent to other recipients of messages.   It  is
+        up  to  the  respective  mail-handling programs to decide what
+        additional facilities will be provided.
+
+        Examples are provided in Appendix A.
+
+     4.5.  RECEIVER FIELDS
+
+     4.5.1.  TO / RESENT-TO
+
+        This field contains the identity of the primary recipients  of
+        the message.
+
+     4.5.2.  CC / RESENT-CC
+
+        This field contains the identity of  the  secondary  (informa-
+        tional) recipients of the message.
+
+     4.5.3.  BCC / RESENT-BCC
+
+        This field contains the identity of additional  recipients  of
+        the  message.   The contents of this field are not included in
+        copies of the message sent to the primary and secondary  reci-
+        pients.   Some  systems  may choose to include the text of the
+        "Bcc" field only in the author(s)'s  copy,  while  others  may
+        also include it in the text sent to all those indicated in the
+        "Bcc" list.
+
+     4.6.  REFERENCE FIELDS
+
+     4.6.1.  MESSAGE-ID / RESENT-MESSAGE-ID
+
+             This field contains a unique identifier  (the  local-part
+        address  unit)  which  refers to THIS version of THIS message.
+        The uniqueness of the message identifier is guaranteed by  the
+        host  which  generates  it.  This identifier is intended to be
+        machine readable and not necessarily meaningful to humans.   A
+        message  identifier pertains to exactly one instantiation of a
+        particular message; subsequent revisions to the message should
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 23 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        each receive new message identifiers.
+
+     4.6.2.  IN-REPLY-TO
+
+             The contents of this field identify  previous  correspon-
+        dence  which this message answers.  Note that if message iden-
+        tifiers are used in this  field,  they  must  use  the  msg-id
+        specification format.
+
+     4.6.3.  REFERENCES
+
+             The contents of this field identify other  correspondence
+        which  this message references.  Note that if message identif-
+        iers are used, they must use the msg-id specification format.
+
+     4.6.4.  KEYWORDS
+
+             This field contains keywords  or  phrases,  separated  by
+        commas.
+
+     4.7.  OTHER FIELDS
+
+     4.7.1.  SUBJECT
+
+             This is intended to provide a summary,  or  indicate  the
+        nature, of the message.
+
+     4.7.2.  COMMENTS
+
+             Permits adding text comments  onto  the  message  without
+        disturbing the contents of the message's body.
+
+     4.7.3.  ENCRYPTED
+
+             Sometimes,  data  encryption  is  used  to  increase  the
+        privacy  of  message  contents.   If the body of a message has
+        been encrypted, to keep its contents private, the  "Encrypted"
+        field  can be used to note the fact and to indicate the nature
+        of the encryption.  The first <word> parameter  indicates  the
+        software  used  to  encrypt the body, and the second, optional
+        <word> is intended to  aid  the  recipient  in  selecting  the
+        proper  decryption  key.   This  code word may be viewed as an
+        index to a table of keys held by the recipient.
+
+        Note:  Unfortunately, headers must contain envelope,  as  well
+               as  contents,  information.  Consequently, it is neces-
+               sary that they remain unencrypted, so that  mail  tran-
+               sport   services   may   access   them.   Since  names,
+               addresses, and "Subject"  field  contents  may  contain
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 24 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+               sensitive  information,  this  requirement limits total
+               message privacy.
+
+             Names of encryption software are registered with the Net-
+        work  Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, Cali-
+        fornia.
+
+     4.7.4.  EXTENSION-FIELD
+
+             A limited number of common fields have  been  defined  in
+        this  document.   As  network mail requirements dictate, addi-
+        tional fields may be standardized.   To  provide  user-defined
+        fields  with  a  measure  of  safety,  in name selection, such
+        extension-fields will never have names  that  begin  with  the
+        string "X-".
+
+             Names of Extension-fields are registered with the Network
+        Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, California.
+
+     4.7.5.  USER-DEFINED-FIELD
+
+             Individual users of network mail are free to  define  and
+        use  additional  header  fields.   Such fields must have names
+        which are not already used in the current specification or  in
+        any definitions of extension-fields, and the overall syntax of
+        these user-defined-fields must conform to this specification's
+        rules   for   delimiting  and  folding  fields.   Due  to  the
+        extension-field  publishing  process,  the  name  of  a  user-
+        defined-field may be pre-empted
+
+        Note:  The prefatory string "X-" will never  be  used  in  the
+               names  of Extension-fields.  This provides user-defined
+               fields with a protected set of names.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 25 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     5.  DATE AND TIME SPECIFICATION
+
+     5.1.  SYNTAX
+
+     date-time   =  [ day "," ] date time        ; dd mm yy
+                                                 ;  hh:mm:ss zzz
+
+     day         =  "Mon"  / "Tue" /  "Wed"  / "Thu"
+                 /  "Fri"  / "Sat" /  "Sun"
+
+     date        =  1*2DIGIT month 2DIGIT        ; day month year
+                                                 ;  e.g. 20 Jun 82
+
+     month       =  "Jan"  /  "Feb" /  "Mar"  /  "Apr"
+                 /  "May"  /  "Jun" /  "Jul"  /  "Aug"
+                 /  "Sep"  /  "Oct" /  "Nov"  /  "Dec"
+
+     time        =  hour zone                    ; ANSI and Military
+
+     hour        =  2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT [":" 2DIGIT]
+                                                 ; 00:00:00 - 23:59:59
+
+     zone        =  "UT"  / "GMT"                ; Universal Time
+                                                 ; North American : UT
+                 /  "EST" / "EDT"                ;  Eastern:  - 5/ - 4
+                 /  "CST" / "CDT"                ;  Central:  - 6/ - 5
+                 /  "MST" / "MDT"                ;  Mountain: - 7/ - 6
+                 /  "PST" / "PDT"                ;  Pacific:  - 8/ - 7
+                 /  1ALPHA                       ; Military: Z = UT;
+                                                 ;  A:-1; (J not used)
+                                                 ;  M:-12; N:+1; Y:+12
+                 / ( ("+" / "-") 4DIGIT )        ; Local differential
+                                                 ;  hours+min. (HHMM)
+
+     5.2.  SEMANTICS
+
+          If included, day-of-week must be the day implied by the date
+     specification.
+
+          Time zone may be indicated in several ways.  "UT" is Univer-
+     sal  Time  (formerly called "Greenwich Mean Time"); "GMT" is per-
+     mitted as a reference to Universal Time.  The  military  standard
+     uses  a  single  character for each zone.  "Z" is Universal Time.
+     "A" indicates one hour earlier, and "M" indicates 12  hours  ear-
+     lier;  "N"  is  one  hour  later, and "Y" is 12 hours later.  The
+     letter "J" is not used.  The other remaining two forms are  taken
+     from ANSI standard X3.51-1975.  One allows explicit indication of
+     the amount of offset from UT; the other uses  common  3-character
+     strings for indicating time zones in North America.
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 26 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     6.  ADDRESS SPECIFICATION
+
+     6.1.  SYNTAX
+
+     address     =  mailbox                      ; one addressee
+                 /  group                        ; named list
+
+     group       =  phrase ":" [#mailbox] ";"
+
+     mailbox     =  addr-spec                    ; simple address
+                 /  phrase route-addr            ; name & addr-spec
+
+     route-addr  =  "<" [route] addr-spec ">"
+
+     route       =  1#("@" domain) ":"           ; path-relative
+
+     addr-spec   =  local-part "@" domain        ; global address
+
+     local-part  =  word *("." word)             ; uninterpreted
+                                                 ; case-preserved
+
+     domain      =  sub-domain *("." sub-domain)
+
+     sub-domain  =  domain-ref / domain-literal
+
+     domain-ref  =  atom                         ; symbolic reference
+
+     6.2.  SEMANTICS
+
+          A mailbox receives mail.  It is a  conceptual  entity  which
+     does  not necessarily pertain to file storage.  For example, some
+     sites may choose to print mail on their line printer and  deliver
+     the output to the addressee's desk.
+
+          A mailbox specification comprises a person, system  or  pro-
+     cess name reference, a domain-dependent string, and a name-domain
+     reference.  The name reference is optional and is usually used to
+     indicate  the  human name of a recipient.  The name-domain refer-
+     ence specifies a sequence of sub-domains.   The  domain-dependent
+     string is uninterpreted, except by the final sub-domain; the rest
+     of the mail service merely transmits it as a literal string.
+
+     6.2.1.  DOMAINS
+
+        A name-domain is a set of registered (mail)  names.   A  name-
+        domain  specification  resolves  to  a subordinate name-domain
+        specification  or  to  a  terminal  domain-dependent   string.
+        Hence,  domain  specification  is  extensible,  permitting any
+        number of registration levels.
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 27 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        Name-domains model a global, logical, hierarchical  addressing
+        scheme.   The  model is logical, in that an address specifica-
+        tion is related to name registration and  is  not  necessarily
+        tied  to  transmission  path.   The  model's  hierarchy  is  a
+        directed graph, called an in-tree, such that there is a single
+        path  from  the root of the tree to any node in the hierarchy.
+        If more than one path actually exists, they are considered  to
+        be different addresses.
+
+        The root node is common to all addresses; consequently, it  is
+        not  referenced.   Its  children  constitute "top-level" name-
+        domains.  Usually, a service has access to its own full domain
+        specification and to the names of all top-level name-domains.
+
+        The "top" of the domain addressing hierarchy -- a child of the
+        root  --  is  indicated  by  the right-most field, in a domain
+        specification.  Its child is specified to the left, its  child
+        to the left, and so on.
+
+        Some groups provide formal registration services;  these  con-
+        stitute   name-domains   that  are  independent  logically  of
+        specific machines.  In addition, networks and machines  impli-
+        citly  compose name-domains, since their membership usually is
+        registered in name tables.
+
+        In the case of formal registration, an organization implements
+        a  (distributed)  data base which provides an address-to-route
+        mapping service for addresses of the form:
+
+                         person@registry.organization
+
+        Note that "organization" is a logical  entity,  separate  from
+        any particular communication network.
+
+        A mechanism for accessing "organization" is universally avail-
+        able.   That mechanism, in turn, seeks an instantiation of the
+        registry; its location is not indicated in the address specif-
+        ication.   It  is assumed that the system which operates under
+        the name "organization" knows how to find a subordinate regis-
+        try.  The registry will then use the "person" string to deter-
+        mine where to send the mail specification.
+
+        The latter,  network-oriented  case  permits  simple,  direct,
+        attachment-related address specification, such as:
+
+                              user@host.network
+
+        Once the network is accessed, it is expected  that  a  message
+        will  go  directly  to the host and that the host will resolve
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 28 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        the user name, placing the message in the user's mailbox.
+
+     6.2.2.  ABBREVIATED DOMAIN SPECIFICATION
+
+        Since any number of  levels  is  possible  within  the  domain
+        hierarchy,  specification  of  a  fully  qualified address can
+        become inconvenient.  This standard permits abbreviated domain
+        specification, in a special case:
+
+            For the address of  the  sender,  call  the  left-most
+            sub-domain  Level  N.   In a header address, if all of
+            the sub-domains above (i.e., to the right of) Level  N
+            are  the same as those of the sender, then they do not
+            have to appear in the specification.   Otherwise,  the
+            address must be fully qualified.
+
+            This feature is subject  to  approval  by  local  sub-
+            domains.   Individual  sub-domains  may  require their
+            member systems, which originate mail, to provide  full
+            domain  specification only.  When permitted, abbrevia-
+            tions may be present  only  while  the  message  stays
+            within the sub-domain of the sender.
+
+            Use of this mechanism requires the sender's sub-domain
+            to reserve the names of all top-level domains, so that
+            full specifications can be distinguished from abbrevi-
+            ated specifications.
+
+        For example, if a sender's address is:
+
+                 sender@registry-A.registry-1.organization-X
+
+        and one recipient's address is:
+
+                recipient@registry-B.registry-1.organization-X
+
+        and another's is:
+
+                recipient@registry-C.registry-2.organization-X
+
+        then ".registry-1.organization-X" need not be specified in the
+        the  message,  but  "registry-C.registry-2"  DOES  have  to be
+        specified.  That is, the first two addresses may  be  abbrevi-
+        ated, but the third address must be fully specified.
+
+        When a message crosses a domain boundary, all  addresses  must
+        be  specified  in  the  full format, ending with the top-level
+        name-domain in the right-most field.  It is the responsibility
+        of  mail  forwarding services to ensure that addresses conform
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 29 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        with this requirement.  In the case of abbreviated  addresses,
+        the  relaying  service must make the necessary expansions.  It
+        should be noted that it often is difficult for such a  service
+        to locate all occurrences of address abbreviations.  For exam-
+        ple, it will not be possible to find such abbreviations within
+        the  body  of  the  message.   The "Return-Path" field can aid
+        recipients in recovering from these errors.
+
+        Note:  When passing any portion of an addr-spec onto a process
+               which  does  not interpret data according to this stan-
+               dard (e.g., mail protocol servers).  There must  be  NO
+               LWSP-chars  preceding  or  following the at-sign or any
+               delimiting period ("."), such as  shown  in  the  above
+               examples,   and   only  ONE  SPACE  between  contiguous
+               <word>s.
+
+     6.2.3.  DOMAIN TERMS
+
+        A domain-ref must be THE official name of a registry, network,
+        or  host.   It  is  a  symbolic  reference, within a name sub-
+        domain.  At times, it is necessary to bypass standard  mechan-
+        isms  for  resolving  such  references,  using  more primitive
+        information, such as a network host address  rather  than  its
+        associated host name.
+
+        To permit such references, this standard provides the  domain-
+        literal  construct.   Its contents must conform with the needs
+        of the sub-domain in which it is interpreted.
+
+        Domain-literals which refer to domains within the ARPA  Inter-
+        net  specify  32-bit  Internet addresses, in four 8-bit fields
+        noted in decimal, as described in Request for  Comments  #820,
+        "Assigned Numbers."  For example:
+
+                                 [10.0.3.19]
+
+        Note:  THE USE OF DOMAIN-LITERALS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.  It
+               is  permitted  only  as  a means of bypassing temporary
+               system limitations, such as name tables which  are  not
+               complete.
+
+        The names of "top-level" domains, and  the  names  of  domains
+        under  in  the  ARPA Internet, are registered with the Network
+        Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, California.
+
+     6.2.4.  DOMAIN-DEPENDENT LOCAL STRING
+
+        The local-part of an  addr-spec  in  a  mailbox  specification
+        (i.e.,  the  host's  name for the mailbox) is understood to be
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 30 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        whatever the receiving mail protocol server allows.  For exam-
+        ple,  some systems do not understand mailbox references of the
+        form "P. D. Q. Bach", but others do.
+
+        This specification treats periods (".") as lexical separators.
+        Hence,  their  presence  in  local-parts which are not quoted-
+        strings, is detected.   However,  such  occurrences  carry  NO
+        semantics.  That is, if a local-part has periods within it, an
+        address parser will divide the local-part into several tokens,
+        but  the  sequence  of  tokens will be treated as one uninter-
+        preted unit.  The sequence  will  be  re-assembled,  when  the
+        address is passed outside of the system such as to a mail pro-
+        tocol service.
+
+        For example, the address:
+
+                           First.Last@Registry.Org
+
+        is legal and does not require the local-part to be  surrounded
+        with  quotation-marks.   (However,  "First  Last" DOES require
+        quoting.)  The local-part of the address, when passed  outside
+        of  the  mail  system,  within  the  Registry.Org  domain,  is
+        "First.Last", again without quotation marks.
+
+     6.2.5.  BALANCING LOCAL-PART AND DOMAIN
+
+        In some cases, the boundary between local-part and domain  can
+        be  flexible.  The local-part may be a simple string, which is
+        used for the final determination of the  recipient's  mailbox.
+        All  other  levels  of  reference  are, therefore, part of the
+        domain.
+
+        For some systems, in the case of abbreviated reference to  the
+        local  and  subordinate  sub-domains,  it  may  be possible to
+        specify only one reference within the domain  part  and  place
+        the  other,  subordinate  name-domain  references  within  the
+        local-part.  This would appear as:
+
+                        mailbox.sub1.sub2@this-domain
+
+        Such a specification would be acceptable  to  address  parsers
+        which  conform  to  RFC  #733,  but  do not support this newer
+        Internet standard.  While contrary to the intent of this stan-
+        dard, the form is legal.
+
+        Also, some sub-domains have a specification syntax which  does
+        not conform to this standard.  For example:
+
+                      sub-net.mailbox@sub-domain.domain
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 31 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        uses a different parsing  sequence  for  local-part  than  for
+        domain.
+
+        Note:  As a rule,  the  domain  specification  should  contain
+               fields  which  are  encoded  according to the syntax of
+               this standard and which contain  generally-standardized
+               information.   The local-part specification should con-
+               tain only that portion of the  address  which  deviates
+               from the form or intention of the domain field.
+
+     6.2.6.  MULTIPLE MAILBOXES
+
+        An individual may have several mailboxes and wish  to  receive
+        mail  at  whatever  mailbox  is  convenient  for the sender to
+        access.  This standard does not provide a means of  specifying
+        "any member of" a list of mailboxes.
+
+        A set of individuals may wish to receive mail as a single unit
+        (i.e.,  a  distribution  list).  The <group> construct permits
+        specification of such a list.  Recipient mailboxes are  speci-
+        fied  within  the  bracketed  part (":" - ";").  A copy of the
+        transmitted message is to be  sent  to  each  mailbox  listed.
+        This  standard  does  not  permit  recursive  specification of
+        groups within groups.
+
+        While a list must be named, it is not required that  the  con-
+        tents  of  the  list be included.  In this case, the <address>
+        serves only as an indication of group distribution  and  would
+        appear in the form:
+
+                                    name:;
+
+        Some mail  services  may  provide  a  group-list  distribution
+        facility,  accepting  a single mailbox reference, expanding it
+        to the full distribution list, and relaying the  mail  to  the
+        list's  members.   This standard provides no additional syntax
+        for indicating such a  service.   Using  the  <group>  address
+        alternative,  while listing one mailbox in it, can mean either
+        that the mailbox reference will be expanded to a list or  that
+        there is a group with one member.
+
+     6.2.7.  EXPLICIT PATH SPECIFICATION
+
+        At times, a  message  originator  may  wish  to  indicate  the
+        transmission  path  that  a  message  should  follow.  This is
+        called source routing.  The normal addressing scheme, used  in
+        an  addr-spec,  is  carefully separated from such information;
+        the <route> portion of a route-addr is provided for such occa-
+        sions.  It specifies the sequence of hosts and/or transmission
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 32 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        services that are  to  be  traversed.   Both  domain-refs  and
+        domain-literals may be used.
+
+        Note:  The use of source routing is discouraged.   Unless  the
+               sender has special need of path restriction, the choice
+               of transmission route should be left to the mail  tran-
+               sport service.
+
+     6.3.  RESERVED ADDRESS
+
+          It often is necessary to send mail to a site, without  know-
+     ing  any  of its valid addresses.  For example, there may be mail
+     system dysfunctions, or a user may wish to find  out  a  person's
+     correct address, at that site.
+
+          This standard specifies a single, reserved  mailbox  address
+     (local-part)  which  is  to  be valid at each site.  Mail sent to
+     that address is to be routed to  a  person  responsible  for  the
+     site's mail system or to a person with responsibility for general
+     site operation.  The name of the reserved local-part address is:
+
+                                Postmaster
+
+     so that "Postmaster@domain" is required to be valid.
+
+     Note:  This reserved local-part must be  matched  without  sensi-
+            tivity to alphabetic case, so that "POSTMASTER", "postmas-
+            ter", and even "poStmASteR" is to be accepted.
+
+
+
+
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+
+     August 13, 1982              - 33 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     7.  BIBLIOGRAPHY
+
+
+     ANSI.  "USA Standard Code  for  Information  Interchange,"  X3.4.
+        American  National Standards Institute: New York (1968).  Also
+        in:  Feinler, E.  and J. Postel, eds., "ARPANET Protocol Hand-
+        book", NIC 7104.
+
+     ANSI.  "Representations of Universal Time, Local  Time  Differen-
+        tials,  and United States Time Zone References for Information
+        Interchange," X3.51-1975.  American National Standards  Insti-
+        tute:  New York (1975).
+
+     Bemer, R.W., "Time and the Computer."  In:  Interface  Age  (Feb.
+        1979).
+
+     Bennett, C.J.  "JNT Mail Protocol".  Joint Network Team,  Ruther-
+        ford and Appleton Laboratory:  Didcot, England.
+
+     Bhushan, A.K., Pogran, K.T., Tomlinson,  R.S.,  and  White,  J.E.
+        "Standardizing  Network  Mail  Headers,"   ARPANET Request for
+        Comments No. 561, Network Information Center  No.  18516;  SRI
+        International:  Menlo Park (September 1973).
+
+     Birrell, A.D., Levin, R.,  Needham,  R.M.,  and  Schroeder,  M.D.
+        "Grapevine:  An Exercise in Distributed Computing," Communica-
+        tions of the ACM 25, 4 (April 1982), 260-274.
+
+     Crocker,  D.H.,  Vittal,  J.J.,  Pogran,  K.T.,  Henderson,  D.A.
+        "Standard  for  the  Format  of  ARPA  Network  Text Message,"
+        ARPANET Request for  Comments  No.  733,  Network  Information
+        Center  No.  41952.   SRI International:  Menlo Park (November
+        1977).
+
+     Feinler, E.J. and Postel, J.B.  ARPANET Protocol  Handbook,  Net-
+        work  Information  Center  No.  7104   (NTIS AD A003890).  SRI
+        International:  Menlo Park (April 1976).
+
+     Harary, F.   "Graph  Theory".   Addison-Wesley:   Reading,  Mass.
+        (1969).
+
+     Levin, R. and Schroeder, M.  "Transport  of  Electronic  Messages
+        through  a  Network,"   TeleInformatics  79, pp. 29-33.  North
+        Holland (1979).  Also  as  Xerox  Palo  Alto  Research  Center
+        Technical Report CSL-79-4.
+
+     Myer, T.H. and Henderson, D.A.  "Message Transmission  Protocol,"
+        ARPANET  Request  for  Comments,  No. 680, Network Information
+        Center No. 32116.  SRI International:  Menlo Park (1975).
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 34 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     NBS.  "Specification of Message Format for Computer Based Message
+        Systems, Recommended Federal Information Processing Standard."
+        National  Bureau   of   Standards:    Gaithersburg,   Maryland
+        (October 1981).
+
+     NIC.  Internet Protocol Transition Workbook.  Network Information
+        Center,   SRI-International,  Menlo  Park,  California  (March
+        1982).
+
+     Oppen, D.C. and Dalal, Y.K.  "The Clearinghouse:  A Decentralized
+        Agent  for  Locating  Named  Objects in a Distributed Environ-
+        ment," OPD-T8103.  Xerox Office Products Division:  Palo Alto,
+        CA. (October 1981).
+
+     Postel, J.B.  "Assigned Numbers,"  ARPANET Request for  Comments,
+        No. 820.  SRI International:  Menlo Park (August 1982).
+
+     Postel, J.B.  "Simple Mail Transfer  Protocol,"  ARPANET  Request
+        for Comments, No. 821.  SRI International:  Menlo Park (August
+        1982).
+
+     Shoch, J.F.  "Internetwork naming, addressing  and  routing,"  in
+        Proc. 17th IEEE Computer Society International Conference, pp.
+        72-79, Sept. 1978, IEEE Cat. No. 78 CH 1388-8C.
+
+     Su, Z. and Postel, J.  "The Domain Naming Convention for Internet
+        User  Applications,"  ARPANET  Request  for Comments, No. 819.
+        SRI International:  Menlo Park (August 1982).
+
+
+
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+
+     August 13, 1982              - 35 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+                                 APPENDIX
+
+
+     A.  EXAMPLES
+
+     A.1.  ADDRESSES
+
+     A.1.1.  Alfred Neuman <Neuman@BBN-TENEXA>
+
+     A.1.2.  Neuman@BBN-TENEXA
+
+             These two "Alfred Neuman" examples have identical  seman-
+        tics, as far as the operation of the local host's mail sending
+        (distribution) program (also sometimes  called  its  "mailer")
+        and  the remote host's mail protocol server are concerned.  In
+        the first example, the  "Alfred  Neuman"  is  ignored  by  the
+        mailer,  as "Neuman@BBN-TENEXA" completely specifies the reci-
+        pient.  The second example contains  no  superfluous  informa-
+        tion,  and,  again,  "Neuman@BBN-TENEXA" is the intended reci-
+        pient.
+
+        Note:  When the message crosses name-domain  boundaries,  then
+               these specifications must be changed, so as to indicate
+               the remainder of the hierarchy, starting with  the  top
+               level.
+
+     A.1.3.  "George, Ted" <Shared@Group.Arpanet>
+
+             This form might be used to indicate that a single mailbox
+        is  shared  by several users.  The quoted string is ignored by
+        the originating host's mailer, because  "Shared@Group.Arpanet"
+        completely specifies the destination mailbox.
+
+     A.1.4.  Wilt . (the  Stilt) Chamberlain@NBA.US
+
+             The "(the  Stilt)" is a comment, which is NOT included in
+        the  destination  mailbox  address  handed  to the originating
+        system's mailer.  The local-part of the address is the  string
+        "Wilt.Chamberlain", with NO space between the first and second
+        words.
+
+     A.1.5.  Address Lists
+
+     Gourmets:  Pompous Person <WhoZiWhatZit@Cordon-Bleu>,
+                Childs@WGBH.Boston, Galloping Gourmet@
+                ANT.Down-Under (Australian National Television),
+                Cheapie@Discount-Liquors;,
+       Cruisers:  Port@Portugal, Jones@SEA;,
+         Another@Somewhere.SomeOrg
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 36 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        This group list example points out the use of comments and the
+        mixing of addresses and groups.
+
+     A.2.  ORIGINATOR ITEMS
+
+     A.2.1.  Author-sent
+
+             George Jones logs into his host  as  "Jones".   He  sends
+        mail himself.
+
+            From:  Jones@Group.Org
+
+        or
+
+            From:  George Jones <Jones@Group.Org>
+
+     A.2.2.  Secretary-sent
+
+             George Jones logs in as Jones on his  host.   His  secre-
+        tary,  who logs in as Secy sends mail for him.  Replies to the
+        mail should go to George.
+
+            From:    George Jones <Jones@Group>
+            Sender:  Secy@Other-Group
+
+     A.2.3.  Secretary-sent, for user of shared directory
+
+             George Jones' secretary sends mail  for  George.  Replies
+        should go to George.
+
+            From:     George Jones<Shared@Group.Org>
+            Sender:   Secy@Other-Group
+
+        Note that there need not be a space between  "Jones"  and  the
+        "<",  but  adding a space enhances readability (as is the case
+        in other examples.
+
+     A.2.4.  Committee activity, with one author
+
+             George is a member of a committee.  He wishes to have any
+        replies to his message go to all committee members.
+
+            From:     George Jones <Jones@Host.Net>
+            Sender:   Jones@Host
+            Reply-To: The Committee: Jones@Host.Net,
+                                     Smith@Other.Org,
+                                     Doe@Somewhere-Else;
+
+        Note  that  if  George  had  not  included  himself   in   the
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 37 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+        enumeration  of  The  Committee,  he  would not have gotten an
+        implicit reply; the presence of the  "Reply-to"  field  SUPER-
+        SEDES the sending of a reply to the person named in the "From"
+        field.
+
+     A.2.5.  Secretary acting as full agent of author
+
+             George Jones asks his secretary  (Secy@Host)  to  send  a
+        message for him in his capacity as Group.  He wants his secre-
+        tary to handle all replies.
+
+            From:     George Jones <Group@Host>
+            Sender:   Secy@Host
+            Reply-To: Secy@Host
+
+     A.2.6.  Agent for user without online mailbox
+
+             A friend  of  George's,  Sarah,  is  visiting.   George's
+        secretary  sends  some  mail to a friend of Sarah in computer-
+        land.  Replies should go to George, whose mailbox is Jones  at
+        Registry.
+
+            From:     Sarah Friendly <Secy@Registry>
+            Sender:   Secy-Name <Secy@Registry>
+            Reply-To: Jones@Registry.
+
+     A.2.7.  Agent for member of a committee
+
+             George's secretary sends out a message which was authored
+        jointly by all the members of a committee.  Note that the name
+        of the committee cannot be specified, since <group> names  are
+        not permitted in the From field.
+
+            From:   Jones@Host,
+                    Smith@Other-Host,
+                    Doe@Somewhere-Else
+            Sender: Secy@SHost
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 38 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     A.3.  COMPLETE HEADERS
+
+     A.3.1.  Minimum required
+
+     Date:     26 Aug 76 1429 EDT        Date:     26 Aug 76 1429 EDT
+     From:     Jones@Registry.Org   or   From:     Jones@Registry.Org
+     Bcc:                                To:       Smith@Registry.Org
+
+        Note that the "Bcc" field may be empty, while the  "To"  field
+        is required to have at least one address.
+
+     A.3.2.  Using some of the additional fields
+
+     Date:     26 Aug 76 1430 EDT
+     From:     George Jones<Group@Host>
+     Sender:   Secy@SHOST
+     To:       "Al Neuman"@Mad-Host,
+               Sam.Irving@Other-Host
+     Message-ID:  <some.string@SHOST>
+
+     A.3.3.  About as complex as you're going to get
+
+     Date     :  27 Aug 76 0932 PDT
+     From     :  Ken Davis <KDavis@This-Host.This-net>
+     Subject  :  Re: The Syntax in the RFC
+     Sender   :  KSecy@Other-Host
+     Reply-To :  Sam.Irving@Reg.Organization
+     To       :  George Jones <Group@Some-Reg.An-Org>,
+                 Al.Neuman@MAD.Publisher
+     cc       :  Important folk:
+                   Tom Softwood <Balsa@Tree.Root>,
+                   "Sam Irving"@Other-Host;,
+                 Standard Distribution:
+                   /main/davis/people/standard@Other-Host,
+                   "<Jones>standard.dist.3"@Tops-20-Host>;
+     Comment  :  Sam is away on business. He asked me to handle
+                 his mail for him.  He'll be able to provide  a
+                 more  accurate  explanation  when  he  returns
+                 next week.
+     In-Reply-To: <some.string@DBM.Group>, George's message
+     X-Special-action:  This is a sample of user-defined field-
+                 names.  There could also be a field-name
+                 "Special-action", but its name might later be
+                 preempted
+     Message-ID: <4231.629.XYzi-What@Other-Host>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 39 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     B.  SIMPLE FIELD PARSING
+
+          Some mail-reading software systems may wish to perform  only
+     minimal  processing,  ignoring  the internal syntax of structured
+     field-bodies and treating them the  same  as  unstructured-field-
+     bodies.  Such software will need only to distinguish:
+
+         o   Header fields from the message body,
+
+         o   Beginnings of fields from lines which continue fields,
+
+         o   Field-names from field-contents.
+
+          The abbreviated set of syntactic rules  which  follows  will
+     suffice  for  this  purpose.  It describes a limited view of mes-
+     sages and is a subset of the syntactic rules provided in the main
+     part of this specification.  One small exception is that the con-
+     tents of field-bodies consist only of text:
+
+     B.1.  SYNTAX
+
+
+     message         =   *field *(CRLF *text)
+
+     field           =    field-name ":" [field-body] CRLF
+
+     field-name      =  1*<any CHAR, excluding CTLs, SPACE, and ":">
+
+     field-body      =   *text [CRLF LWSP-char field-body]
+
+
+     B.2.  SEMANTICS
+
+          Headers occur before the message body and are terminated  by
+     a null line (i.e., two contiguous CRLFs).
+
+          A line which continues a header field begins with a SPACE or
+     HTAB  character,  while  a  line  beginning a field starts with a
+     printable character which is not a colon.
+
+          A field-name consists of one or  more  printable  characters
+     (excluding  colon,  space, and control-characters).  A field-name
+     MUST be contained on one line.  Upper and lower case are not dis-
+     tinguished when comparing field-names.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 40 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     C.  DIFFERENCES FROM RFC #733
+
+          The following summarizes the differences between this  stan-
+     dard  and the one specified in Arpanet Request for Comments #733,
+     "Standard for the Format of ARPA  Network  Text  Messages".   The
+     differences  are  listed  in the order of their occurrence in the
+     current specification.
+
+     C.1.  FIELD DEFINITIONS
+
+     C.1.1.  FIELD NAMES
+
+        These now must be a sequence of  printable  characters.   They
+        may not contain any LWSP-chars.
+
+     C.2.  LEXICAL TOKENS
+
+     C.2.1.  SPECIALS
+
+        The characters period ("."), left-square  bracket  ("["),  and
+        right-square  bracket ("]") have been added.  For presentation
+        purposes, and when passing a specification to  a  system  that
+        does  not conform to this standard, periods are to be contigu-
+        ous with their surrounding lexical tokens.   No  linear-white-
+        space  is  permitted  between them.  The presence of one LWSP-
+        char between other tokens is still directed.
+
+     C.2.2.  ATOM
+
+        Atoms may not contain SPACE.
+
+     C.2.3.  SPECIAL TEXT
+
+        ctext and qtext have had backslash ("\") added to the list  of
+        prohibited characters.
+
+     C.2.4.  DOMAINS
+
+        The lexical tokens  <domain-literal>  and  <dtext>  have  been
+        added.
+
+     C.3.  MESSAGE SPECIFICATION
+
+     C.3.1.  TRACE
+
+        The "Return-path:" and "Received:" fields have been specified.
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 41 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     C.3.2.  FROM
+
+        The "From" field must contain machine-usable addresses  (addr-
+        spec).   Multiple  addresses may be specified, but named-lists
+        (groups) may not.
+
+     C.3.3.  RESENT
+
+        The meta-construct of prefacing field names  with  the  string
+        "Resent-"  has been added, to indicate that a message has been
+        forwarded by an intermediate recipient.
+
+     C.3.4.  DESTINATION
+
+        A message must contain at least one destination address field.
+        "To" and "CC" are required to contain at least one address.
+
+     C.3.5.  IN-REPLY-TO
+
+        The field-body is no longer a comma-separated list, although a
+        sequence is still permitted.
+
+     C.3.6.  REFERENCE
+
+        The field-body is no longer a comma-separated list, although a
+        sequence is still permitted.
+
+     C.3.7.  ENCRYPTED
+
+        A field has been specified that permits  senders  to  indicate
+        that the body of a message has been encrypted.
+
+     C.3.8.  EXTENSION-FIELD
+
+        Extension fields are prohibited from beginning with the  char-
+        acters "X-".
+
+     C.4.  DATE AND TIME SPECIFICATION
+
+     C.4.1.  SIMPLIFICATION
+
+        Fewer optional forms are permitted  and  the  list  of  three-
+        letter time zones has been shortened.
+
+     C.5.  ADDRESS SPECIFICATION
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 42 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     C.5.1.  ADDRESS
+
+        The use of quoted-string, and the ":"-atom-":" construct, have
+        been  removed.   An  address  now  is  either a single mailbox
+        reference or is a named list of addresses.  The  latter  indi-
+        cates a group distribution.
+
+     C.5.2.  GROUPS
+
+        Group lists are now required to to have a name.   Group  lists
+        may not be nested.
+
+     C.5.3.  MAILBOX
+
+        A mailbox specification  may  indicate  a  person's  name,  as
+        before.   Such  a  named  list  no longer may specify multiple
+        mailboxes and may not be nested.
+
+     C.5.4.  ROUTE ADDRESSING
+
+        Addresses now are taken to be absolute, global specifications,
+        independent  of transmission paths.  The <route> construct has
+        been provided, to permit explicit specification  of  transmis-
+        sion  path.   RFC  #733's  use  of multiple at-signs ("@") was
+        intended as a general syntax  for  indicating  routing  and/or
+        hierarchical addressing.  The current standard separates these
+        specifications and only one at-sign is permitted.
+
+     C.5.5.  AT-SIGN
+
+        The string " at " no longer is used as an  address  delimiter.
+        Only at-sign ("@") serves the function.
+
+     C.5.6.  DOMAINS
+
+        Hierarchical, logical name-domains have been added.
+
+     C.6.  RESERVED ADDRESS
+
+     The local-part "Postmaster" has been reserved, so that users  can
+     be guaranteed at least one valid address at a site.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 43 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     D.  ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SYNTAX RULES
+
+     address     =  mailbox                      ; one addressee
+                 /  group                        ; named list
+     addr-spec   =  local-part "@" domain        ; global address
+     ALPHA       =  <any ASCII alphabetic character>
+                                                 ; (101-132, 65.- 90.)
+                                                 ; (141-172, 97.-122.)
+     atom        =  1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>
+     authentic   =   "From"       ":"   mailbox  ; Single author
+                 / ( "Sender"     ":"   mailbox  ; Actual submittor
+                     "From"       ":" 1#mailbox) ; Multiple authors
+                                                 ;  or not sender
+     CHAR        =  <any ASCII character>        ; (  0-177,  0.-127.)
+     comment     =  "(" *(ctext / quoted-pair / comment) ")"
+     CR          =  <ASCII CR, carriage return>  ; (     15,      13.)
+     CRLF        =  CR LF
+     ctext       =  <any CHAR excluding "(",     ; => may be folded
+                     ")", "\" & CR, & including
+                     linear-white-space>
+     CTL         =  <any ASCII control           ; (  0- 37,  0.- 31.)
+                     character and DEL>          ; (    177,     127.)
+     date        =  1*2DIGIT month 2DIGIT        ; day month year
+                                                 ;  e.g. 20 Jun 82
+     dates       =   orig-date                   ; Original
+                   [ resent-date ]               ; Forwarded
+     date-time   =  [ day "," ] date time        ; dd mm yy
+                                                 ;  hh:mm:ss zzz
+     day         =  "Mon"  / "Tue" /  "Wed"  / "Thu"
+                 /  "Fri"  / "Sat" /  "Sun"
+     delimiters  =  specials / linear-white-space / comment
+     destination =  "To"          ":" 1#address  ; Primary
+                 /  "Resent-To"   ":" 1#address
+                 /  "cc"          ":" 1#address  ; Secondary
+                 /  "Resent-cc"   ":" 1#address
+                 /  "bcc"         ":"  #address  ; Blind carbon
+                 /  "Resent-bcc"  ":"  #address
+     DIGIT       =  <any ASCII decimal digit>    ; ( 60- 71, 48.- 57.)
+     domain      =  sub-domain *("." sub-domain)
+     domain-literal =  "[" *(dtext / quoted-pair) "]"
+     domain-ref  =  atom                         ; symbolic reference
+     dtext       =  <any CHAR excluding "[",     ; => may be folded
+                     "]", "\" & CR, & including
+                     linear-white-space>
+     extension-field =
+                   <Any field which is defined in a document
+                    published as a formal extension to this
+                    specification; none will have names beginning
+                    with the string "X-">
+
+
+     August 13, 1982              - 44 -                      RFC #822
+
+
+ 
+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
+
+
+     field       =  field-name ":" [ field-body ] CRLF
+     fields      =    dates                      ; Creation time,
+                      source                     ;  author id & one
+                    1*destination                ;  address required
+                     *optional-field             ;  others optional
+     field-body  =  field-body-contents
+                    [CRLF LWSP-char field-body]
+     field-body-contents =
+                   <the ASCII characters making up the field-body, as
+                    defined in the following sections, and consisting
+                    of combinations of atom, quoted-string, and
+                    specials tokens, or else consisting of texts>
+     field-name  =  1*<any CHAR, excluding CTLs, SPACE, and ":">
+     group       =  phrase ":" [#mailbox] ";"
+     hour        =  2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT [":" 2DIGIT]
+                                                 ; 00:00:00 - 23:59:59
+     HTAB        =  <ASCII HT, horizontal-tab>   ; (     11,       9.)
+     LF          =  <ASCII LF, linefeed>         ; (     12,      10.)
+     linear-white-space =  1*([CRLF] LWSP-char)  ; semantics = SPACE
+                                                 ; CRLF => folding
+     local-part  =  word *("." word)             ; uninterpreted
+                                                 ; case-preserved
+     LWSP-char   =  SPACE / HTAB                 ; semantics = SPACE
+     mailbox     =  addr-spec                    ; simple address
+                 /  phrase route-addr            ; name & addr-spec
+     message     =  fields *( CRLF *text )       ; Everything after
+                                                 ;  first null line
+                                                 ;  is message body
+     month       =  "Jan"  /  "Feb" /  "Mar"  /  "Apr"
+                 /  "May"  /  "Jun" /  "Jul"  /  "Aug"
+                 /  "Sep"  /  "Oct" /  "Nov"  /  "Dec"
+     msg-id      =  "<" addr-spec ">"            ; Unique message id
+     optional-field =
+                 /  "Message-ID"        ":"   msg-id
+                 /  "Resent-Message-ID" ":"   msg-id
+                 /  "In-Reply-To"       ":"  *(phrase / msg-id)
+                 /  "References"        ":"  *(phrase / msg-id)
+                 /  "Keywords"          ":"  #phrase
+                 /  "Subject"           ":"  *text
+                 /  "Comments"          ":"  *text
+                 /  "Encrypted"         ":" 1#2word
+                 /  extension-field              ; To be defined
+                 /  user-defined-field           ; May be pre-empted
+     orig-date   =  "Date"        ":"   date-time
+     originator  =   authentic                   ; authenticated addr
+                   [ "Reply-To"   ":" 1#address] )
+     phrase      =  1*word                       ; Sequence of words
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+     qtext       =  <any CHAR excepting <">,     ; => may be folded
+                     "\" & CR, and including
+                     linear-white-space>
+     quoted-pair =  "\" CHAR                     ; may quote any char
+     quoted-string = <"> *(qtext/quoted-pair) <">; Regular qtext or
+                                                 ;   quoted chars.
+     received    =  "Received"    ":"            ; one per relay
+                       ["from" domain]           ; sending host
+                       ["by"   domain]           ; receiving host
+                       ["via"  atom]             ; physical path
+                      *("with" atom)             ; link/mail protocol
+                       ["id"   msg-id]           ; receiver msg id
+                       ["for"  addr-spec]        ; initial form
+                        ";"    date-time         ; time received
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+     resent      =   resent-authentic
+                   [ "Resent-Reply-To"  ":" 1#address] )
+     resent-authentic =
+                 =   "Resent-From"      ":"   mailbox
+                 / ( "Resent-Sender"    ":"   mailbox
+                     "Resent-From"      ":" 1#mailbox  )
+     resent-date =  "Resent-Date" ":"   date-time
+     return      =  "Return-path" ":" route-addr ; return address
+     route       =  1#("@" domain) ":"           ; path-relative
+     route-addr  =  "<" [route] addr-spec ">"
+     source      = [  trace ]                    ; net traversals
+                      originator                 ; original mail
+                   [  resent ]                   ; forwarded
+     SPACE       =  <ASCII SP, space>            ; (     40,      32.)
+     specials    =  "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@"  ; Must be in quoted-
+                 /  "," / ";" / ":" / "\" / <">  ;  string, to use
+                 /  "." / "[" / "]"              ;  within a word.
+     sub-domain  =  domain-ref / domain-literal
+     text        =  <any CHAR, including bare    ; => atoms, specials,
+                     CR & bare LF, but NOT       ;  comments and
+                     including CRLF>             ;  quoted-strings are
+                                                 ;  NOT recognized.
+     time        =  hour zone                    ; ANSI and Military
+     trace       =    return                     ; path to sender
+                    1*received                   ; receipt tags
+     user-defined-field =
+                   <Any field which has not been defined
+                    in this specification or published as an
+                    extension to this specification; names for
+                    such fields must be unique and may be
+                    pre-empted by published extensions>
+     word        =  atom / quoted-string
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+     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
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+     zone        =  "UT"  / "GMT"                ; Universal Time
+                                                 ; North American : UT
+                 /  "EST" / "EDT"                ;  Eastern:  - 5/ - 4
+                 /  "CST" / "CDT"                ;  Central:  - 6/ - 5
+                 /  "MST" / "MDT"                ;  Mountain: - 7/ - 6
+                 /  "PST" / "PDT"                ;  Pacific:  - 8/ - 7
+                 /  1ALPHA                       ; Military: Z = UT;
+     <">         =  <ASCII quote mark>           ; (     42,      34.)
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