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smtpupd-12: <SP> optional in replies?

Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@gshapiro.net> Mon, 31 July 2000 04:43 UTC

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Subject: smtpupd-12: <SP> optional in replies?
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Section 4.2.1 states, "In many cases the SMTP client then simply needs to
search for the reply code followed by <SP> at the beginning of a line."

Earlier in section 4.2, the document claims the <SP> part of the text
portion of the reply and is therefore optional (the ABNF backs up this
fact).  The quoted text from 4.2.1 conflicts with this.

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