RFC Errata
RFC 6531, "SMTP Extension for Internationalized Email", February 2012
Source of RFC: eai (app)See Also: RFC 6531 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 7580
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Scott Hollenbeck
Date Reported: 2023-07-31
Verifier Name: Orie Steele
Date Verified: 2024-11-15
Sections 3.3 and 3.7.3 say:
The <Mailbox> ABNF rule is imported from RFC 5321 and updated in order to support the internationalized email address. The following ABNF rules imported from RFC 5321, Section 4.1.2, are updated directly or indirectly by this document: This document updates <Mailbox> and <Domain> to support non-ASCII characters.
It should say:
The <Mailbox> ABNF rule is imported from RFC 5321 and extended in order to support the internationalized email address. The following ABNF rules imported from RFC 5321, Section 4.1.2, are extended directly or indirectly by this document: This document extends <Mailbox> and <Domain> to support non-ASCII characters.
Notes:
The original text can be incorrectly interpreted to suggest that the definitions found in RFC 6531 formally update the definitions found in RFC 5321. RFC 6531 does not formally update RFC 5321. As such, a word like "extends" may be less prone to misinterpretation than "updates".