RFC Errata
RFC 3501, "INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1", March 2003
Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 9051
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 4466, RFC 4469, RFC 4551, RFC 5032, RFC 5182, RFC 5738, RFC 6186, RFC 6858, RFC 7817, RFC 8314, RFC 8437, RFC 8474, RFC 8996
Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUPArea Assignment: app
Errata ID: 3093
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Joe Pallas
Date Reported: 2012-01-18
Held for Document Update by: Pete Resnick
Section 6.3.11 says:
Note: There MAY be exceptions, e.g., draft messages, in which required [RFC-2822] header lines are omitted in the message literal argument to APPEND. The full implications of doing so MUST be understood and carefully weighed.
It should say:
Note: There may be exceptions, e.g., draft messages, in which required [RFC-2822] header lines are omitted in the message literal argument to APPEND. The full implications of doing so must be understood and carefully weighed.
Notes:
Possibly the result of a search-and-replace, these occurrences of "must" and "may" are not RFC 2119 usages.