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Auteur: Bill Cole
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Aan: Jeremy Harris via Exim-users
Onderwerp: [exim] Re: Completely remove any name in From: header for inbound email?
On 2023-05-26 at 16:41:44 UTC-0400 (Fri, 26 May 2023 21:41:44 +0100)
Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <jgh@???>
is rumored to have said:

> On 26/05/2023 20:32, Slavko via Exim-users wrote:
>> Jeremy, please, i check docs for ${address:...} now, in it
>> states RFC 2822 parsing. I don't know how to ask properly
>> in English. But RFC 2822 was replaced by RFC 5322, and
>> beside that, address string was updated by MIME
>> encoded-words (i have not RFC number now).
>>
>> The docs have to be updated? Or parsing is (can be)
>> outdated?
>
> As I read it, 5322 defines display-name as "phrase"
> and then helpfully does not define *that*. So I can't
> answer for certain, but I'm assuming 5322 and 2822
> are the same for this purpose.
>
> Anyone know for certain?


There's no effective difference in the definitions of the From header
between RFC2822 and RFC5322. It is possible to chase down the ABNF
definitions via references.


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