RE: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP messages

Tom Moore <tjm24297@rpc1220.daytonoh.ncr.com> Thu, 26 September 1996 17:30 UTC

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At 11:44 AM 9/26/96 -0400, WJCarpenter wrote:
>it's pretty obvious what to do
>with multiple TO: fields.

I agree that it is obvious but it is not required. 

>I'd be more inclined to
>blame the Qualcomm software than whatever produced the original email
>with multiple TO: fields.

No disagreement here either.  While Qualcomm's decision to ignore multiple
occurances of To: and Cc: headers may be technically correct as per RFC
822, I would seem easier to accept the obvious interpretation and avoid the
problem.

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Tom Moore

Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP mes… O'Brien, Walt
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Tom Moore
RE: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… bill
RE: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Tom Moore
RE: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… John W. Noerenberg
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Harald.T.Alvestrand
RE: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Ned Freed
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Ned Freed
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… John C Klensin
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Ned Freed
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Harald.T.Alvestrand
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Pete Resnick
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Ned Freed
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Pete Resnick
Re: Multiple "To:" and "Cc:" header lines in SMTP… Ned Freed