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Re: [EAI] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6532 (6036)

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Wed, 01 April 2020 16:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [EAI] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6532 (6036)
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This erratum is wrong.  The MIME definition of "token" is fine.

In RFC 8601 we misused "token" in the Authenticated-Results header for
what really is a domain name.  That's what needs to be fixed, and we're
discussing what the least bad fix is.

R's,
John



In article <20200401083756.5D051F40723@rfc-editor.org> you write:
>The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6532,
>"Internationalized Email Headers".
>
>--------------------------------------
>You may review the report below and at:
>https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6036
>
>--------------------------------------
>Type: Technical
>Reported by: Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it>
>
>Section: GLOBAL
>
>Original Text
>-------------
>A section 3.2bis, "Syntax Extensions to RFC 2045", is missing.
>
>
>Corrected Text
>--------------
>In particular, Section 5.1 of RFC 2045, "Syntax of the Content-Type Header Field", deserves an extension:
>
>    token /= UTF8-non-ascii
>
>similar to the extensions given to various text types given in Section 3.2.
>
>Notes
>-----
>Various header fields are defined in terms of the grammar defined in RFC 2045.  In particular, the missing extension of
>token was reported for Authentication-Results:
>https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dmarc/g1U__axJW5I6OenEuwD48nwptzU
>
>Instructions:
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>
>--------------------------------------
>RFC6532 (draft-ietf-eai-rfc5335bis-13)
>--------------------------------------
>Title               : Internationalized Email Headers
>Publication Date    : February 2012
>Author(s)           : A. Yang, S. Steele, N. Freed
>Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>Source              : Email Address Internationalization
>Area                : Applications
>Stream              : IETF
>Verifying Party     : IESG
>

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