Re: [Exim] Multiple Date: fields

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Richard.Hall
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Multiple Date: fields
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Richard.Hall wrote:

> Nice easy one, I hope. It's just that my eyes glaze over when reading
> syntax specifications in RFCs, and I'd like confirmation of my
> interpretation before moaning to someone (_not_ about Exim)
>
> Question: is it legal for a message to contain multiple Date: headers?


You don't have to read syntax specifications for this one.

> My answer: No, according to both RFC 822 and RFC2822.


In 2822 there is a nice table:

  Field           Min number      Max number      Notes


...

  orig-date       1               1


Where "orig-date" is "origination date" and refers to the Date: header
line.

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