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RFC 5322, "Internet Message Format", October 2008

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 6854

Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUP
Area Assignment: app

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Errata ID: 2950
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Antonio Regidor García
Date Reported: 2011-08-30
Held for Document Update by: Barry Leiba
Date Held: 2019-11-13

Section 3.6 says:

   fields          =   *(trace
                         *optional-field /
                         *(resent-date /
                          resent-from /
                          resent-sender /
                          resent-to /
                          resent-cc /
                          resent-bcc /
                          resent-msg-id))
                       *(orig-date /
                       from /
                       sender /
                       reply-to /
                       to /
                       cc /
                       bcc /
                       message-id /
                       in-reply-to /
                       references /
                       subject /
                       comments /
                       keywords /
                       optional-field)

It should say:

   fields          =   *(trace
                         *optional-field /
                         1*(resent-date /
                           resent-from /
                           resent-sender /
                           resent-to /
                           resent-cc /
                           resent-bcc /
                           resent-msg-id))
                       *(orig-date /
                       from /
                       sender /
                       reply-to /
                       to /
                       cc /
                       bcc /
                       message-id /
                       in-reply-to /
                       references /
                       subject /
                       comments /
                       keywords /
                       optional-field)

Notes:

The original version causes an infinite loop (matching an infinite list of empty strings).

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