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Re: Intent to revive "expires" header fromdraft-ietf-mailext-new-fields-15
In <87ljzly6tx.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Russ Allbery <rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>"Frank Ellermann" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Reviving "Expires" is already a long shot, renaming it is a
>> waste of everybody's time. I just checked usefor-usepro-09,
>> it doesn't even mention "Expires".
>Of course not; usepro doesn't define header fields. Header fields are
>defined in usefor. From draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-11.txt:
Indeed, because Usepro does not specify any protocol action that has to be
taken when this header is encountered (and if it did, it would only be a
"MAY"). The Usefor draft tells you everything you need to know about it.
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