Re: [apps-discuss] possibleTrace fields registry

[Nico Williams <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Dave CROCKER <[e-mail]> wrote:
> RFC5321:
>
>   4.1.1.4:
>
>   When the SMTP server accepts a message either for relaying or for
>   final delivery, it inserts a trace record (also referred to
>   interchangeably as a "time stamp line" or "Received" line) at the top
>   of the mail data.
>
>
>   4.4.  Trace Information
>
>   When an SMTP server receives a message for delivery or further
>   processing, it MUST insert trace ("time stamp" or "Received")
>   information at the beginning of the message content, as discussed in
>   Section 4.1.1.4.

I read 4.4 as implying that "Received" (a.k.a. "time stamp") is an
example of known trace headers.

I read 4.1.1.4 as implying that "Received" is the only then-known trace header.

I don't read either as excluding other trace headers -- it'd be quite
a stretch to do so.

At most we have an erratum against RFC5321, but a need to update it?
just for this?  IMO: no need to update RFC5321.

Nico
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