[COLUG] RFC822 and BCC (folding)

[Scott Merrill]

Pat Collins wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> wrote :
> 
>>So I went to read RFC822:
>>   http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html
> 
> 
> Don't you want:
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html
> 
> Which states that bcc may occur 0 or 1 time?

Excellent.  Thanks for that!

Section 2.1.1 suggests that the maximum line length is 998 characters,
inclusive of any CRs and LFs.  Section 2.2.3 explains folding _much_
more clearly, and states that folding is specifically a means to work
around the 998 character limit.  Thanks, Pat!


In an ideal world, I would love to create a mail handling queue.  I do
not have the time or inclination to re-create GNU Mailman, and even if I
could the specific application on which I am working precludes me from
controlling every environment in which this will be installed.  To date,
the BCC mechanism has worked as needed, and the majority of users have
only a few dozen BCC recipients.

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