From: Keith Moore (moore@cs.utk.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 18:22:10 CST
> Just as RFC 1123 section 5.2.14 amended the 822 syntax for date, RFC 1342
> amended the syntax for phrase and comment (and in the latter case with
> far less impact on parsers, since an encoded-word still matches atom (in
> word) in a phrase and ctext in a comment).
Actually, no. There was a difference in intent between the two. 1123 was
imposing new requirements on existing protocols, 1341 and 1342 were not
doing so. MIME implementation was not mandatory (as a matter of standards
compliance) for existing user agents.
Keith