Re: RFC822 and folding inside a quoted-string.

["Ned Freed, Postmaster" <NED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Just an apropos: We're having a small argument whether it is legal
> to fold a line inside a quoted-string. I'd say that this is not
> legal. First: I regard a quoted-string as a single lexical symbol,
> secondly, it is not legal with an CR inside a quoted-string.

> The problem is that RFC822 shows an example of folding inside a quoted
> string (search for `To:  "Joe &').

I agree with you that it should not be done, but since RFC822 explicitly
does do it, I think it is legal. Any software I write can handle line
breaks in the middle of quoted strings but does not generate them unless 
there's no alternative (a 2000-byte quoted string is completely legal in
RFC822, you know, but try getting it through SMTP sometime).

> I think that the example should be removed from RFC822.

Agreed. This usage should, at the very least, be discouraged.

> Ole Bjorn.
> obh@ifi.uio.no

					Ned