Re: [Exim] Date problem with Exim (FreeBSD Port) with Outloo…

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Autor: Andrew - Supernews
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A: exim-users
Asunto: Re: [Exim] Date problem with Exim (FreeBSD Port) with Outlook Express 5 (Windows, and Mac)
>>>>> "Lanny" == Lanny Godsey <lannygodsey@???> writes:

Lanny> I think RFC 822 says that ; should be escaped.

It does not.

 Lanny> atom        =  1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>


Lanny> ; being a special

The contents of a () comment are not an "atom".

3.4.3. COMMENTS

        A comment is a set of ASCII characters, which is  enclosed  in
        matching  parentheses  and which is not within a quoted-string
        The comment construct permits message originators to add  text
        which  will  be  useful  for  human readers, but which will be
        ignored by the formal semantics.  Comments should be  retained
        while  the  message  is subject to interpretation according to
        this standard.  However, comments  must  NOT  be  included  in
        other  cases,  such  as  during  protocol  exchanges with mail
        servers.


        Comments nest, so that if an unquoted left parenthesis  occurs
        in  a  comment  string,  there  must  also be a matching right
        parenthesis.  When a comment acts as the delimiter  between  a
        sequence of two lexical symbols, such as two atoms, it is lex-
        ically equivalent with a single SPACE,  for  the  purposes  of
        regenerating  the  sequence, such as when passing the sequence
        onto a mail protocol server.  Comments are  detected  as  such
        only within field-bodies of structured fields.


"Received" is a structured field, and the "(Exim; whatever)" comment
is simply inserted in the whitespace between the "with" clause and
the following clause.

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