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Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Eric Allman <eric+dkim@sendmail.org> Thu, 17 May 2007 15:58 UTC

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From: Eric Allman <eric+dkim@sendmail.org>
To: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>, Apps Discuss <discuss@apps.ietf.org>, IETF General Discussion Mailing List <ietf@ietf.org>, ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org
Subject: Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call
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I'm inclined to agree that there is a problem, and your proposed 
solution of keeping LWSP but depreciating it is probably correct. 
However, I recommended also adding a new, correct definition (for 
DKIM we used FWS from RFC 2822) and a discussion of the differences.

eric

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