RFC Errata
Found 2 records.
Status: Verified (2)
RFC 1036, "Standard for interchange of USENET messages", December 1987
Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 5536, RFC 5537
Source of RFC: LegacyArea Assignment: app
Errata ID: 561
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Florian Weimer
Date Reported: 2001-05-17
Section 2.1.4 says:
If the message is submitted in response to another message (e.g., is a follow-up) the default subject should begin with the four characters "Re:", and the "References" line is required.
It should say:
If the message is submitted in response to another message (e.g., is a follow-up) the default subject should begin with the four characters "Re: ", and the "References" line is required.
Errata ID: 1760
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Hans Bot
Date Reported: 2009-04-09
Verifier Name: Alexey Melnikov
Date Verified: 2010-09-02
Section 2.2.5 says:
This command should generate a "Subject" line which is the same as the original message, except that if the original subject does not begin with "Re:" or "re:", the four characters "Re:" are inserted before the subject.
It should say:
This command should generate a "Subject" line which is the same as the original message, except that if the original subject does not begin with "Re: " or "re: ", the four characters "Re: " are inserted before the subject.
Notes:
Space has been omitted three times. Please compare with original text in RFC850 to confirm that the spaces should be there. (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc850/rfc850.html)
Alexey: also see RFC 5322.