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RFC 3461, "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)", January 2003

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 3798, RFC 3885, RFC 5337, RFC 6533, RFC 8098

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

Errata ID: 6386
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Mark Johnston
Date Reported: 2021-01-14
Held for Document Update by: Barry Leiba
Date Held: 2021-01-14

Section 4 says:

   NOTE: Although RFC 822 ABNF is used to describe the syntax of these
   parameters, they are not, in the language of that document,
   "structured field bodies".  Therefore, while parentheses MAY appear
   within an emstp-value, they are not recognized as comment delimiters.

It should say:

   NOTE: Although RFC 822 ABNF is used to describe the syntax of these
   parameters, they are not, in the language of that document,
   "structured field bodies".  Therefore, while parentheses MAY appear
   within an esmtp-value, they are not recognized as comment delimiters.

Notes:

"emstp-value" should be "esmtp-value"

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