jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) (02/27/91)
AM I correct in deducing that *all* email header fields a re listed, one per line, starting at the top (any continuations are space-indeneted on following lines), and the header is terminated by a blank line? All lines following the blank are the body. Yes? jas -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey A. Sullivan | Senior Systems Programmer jas@venera.isi.edu | Information Sciences Institute jas@isi.edu | University of Southern California
barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) (02/27/91)
In article <16912@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >AM I correct in deducing that *all* email header fields a re listed, >one per line, starting at the top (any continuations are >space-indeneted on following lines), and the header is terminated by a >blank line? All lines following the blank are the body. You're correct if you're trying to describe RFC822 mail format. Read the RFC for more details. -- Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
cluther@supernet.dallas.haus.com (Clay Luther) (03/02/91)
jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >AM I correct in deducing that *all* email header fields a re listed, >one per line, starting at the top (any continuations are >space-indeneted on following lines), and the header is terminated by a >blank line? All lines following the blank are the body. Very close. However, a header line may span several lines legally. For instance, a legal From: line is as so: From: Killer BOB <kbob@tp.us> It is legal because the line following the header entry From: begins with white space. Therefore, it is not sufficient to look at just one line when parsing the headers. And, yes, the headers are terminated by a blank line. -- Clay Luther, Postmaster cluther@supernet.dallas.haus.com Harris Adacom Corporation cluther@enigma.dallas.haus.com Voice: 214/386-2356 MS 23, PO Box 809022, Dallas, Tx 75380-9022 Fax: 214/386-2159 Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.