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Re: Headers should be 7-bit forever

To: harald.t.alvestrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Headers should be 7-bit forever
From: John C Klensin <KLENSIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 16 Sep 1992 15:38:54 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: ietf-smtp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>Suggested language for bullet (2) of extensions:
>
>(2) The SMTP content has two parts: the headers and the body.
>    The former is a collection of field/value pairs
>    structured according to RFC 822 [2], whilst the latter, if
>    structured, is defined according to MIME [3].

I like this.  A lot. Especially the explicit rejection of future 8-bit
header extensions.
   john

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