Re: [apps-discuss] 'Base' and 'Content-Base' header fields

SM <sm@resistor.net> Mon, 29 August 2011 19:02 UTC

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:55:50 -0700
To: Frank Ellermann <hmdmhdfmhdjmzdtjmzdtzktdkztdjz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] 'Base' and 'Content-Base' header fields
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Hi Frank,
At 11:24 29-08-2011, Frank Ellermann wrote:
>Let's just fix the IANA registry, Content-Base is a "MUST NOT
>generate" (RFC 2557 section 12).  For the former "Base" header
>field I sent a review request to ietf-message-headers@ietf, it
>just has to be registered as obsoleted by RFC 2110.

It's easier to do that than to have yet another RFC.

Regards,
-sm