RFC 2047, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text", November 1996

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 2184, RFC 2231

Errata ID: 506
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Bruce Lilly
Date Reported: 2003-02-13

Section 2 says:

   especials = "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@" / "," / ";" / ":" / "
               <"> / "/" / "[" / "]" / "?" / "." / "="

It should say:

   especials = "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@" / "," / ";" / ":" / "\" /
               <"> / "/" / "[" / "]" / "?" / "." / "="

Notes:

Also reported by Jon Steinhart 2002-01-17, but corrected by Bruce Lilly.

Report New Errata