Message120333
> My conclusion in working on the email package is that only
> the first space after the ':', if it exists, should be stripped.
> That is, even though the RFC (for email) reads as if the space
> after the colon is part of the value, in practice it is part
> of the delimiter, but is optional (and almost always present,
> in email).
That is why the RFC (for netnews) explicitly mentions that the space after the colon is not part of the value. See the grammar for OVER in RFC 3977:
hdr-n-content = [(header-name ":" / metadata-name) SP hdr-content]
So yes, only the first space should be stripped. |
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2010-11-03 18:01:10 | jelie | set | recipients:
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2010-11-03 18:01:09 | jelie | set | messageid: <1288807269.96.0.136484698532.issue10281@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2010-11-03 18:01:08 | jelie | link | issue10281 messages |
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