From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 09:11:58 CST
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Charles Lindsey wrote:
> I can't say I particularly *like* the RFC 2822 folding syntax, but it is
> what we have got. The only problem that arises from the ambiguity is that
> the syntax allows, in some places, for a folded header to include a line
> with nothing but whitespace in it (which is obviously a Bad Thing).
Very bad thing indeed, since to defend against bad clients I'm sure
other people have written code to accept a non-empty but all blank line
as end of header. That comes from at least one mail-to-news gateway which
puts in a line with a single space between the header and body...
-- -bill davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me