Re: history of using a comment for display-name?
Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Sun, 11 March 2001 20:46 UTC
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 07:45:17 +1100
To: Sam Roberts <sroberts@uniserve.com>
From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
Subject: Re: history of using a comment for display-name?
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At 04:27 AM 3/12/2001, Sam Roberts wrote: >Does anybody know when the habit of using a comment after >the addr-spec started? It seems strange to me that >anybody would do that, when RFC 822 already had a way to >associate a phrase with an address. > >Did the practice predate the rfc? It seems brain-damaged. RFC822 did not adequately describe name <address> as the required form. I believe that sendmail started the practise of doing address (name). d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> tel: +1.408.246.8253; fax: +1.408.273.6464
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