Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA16758; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:55:07 -0500 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.7); Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:54:31 -0500 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA16690; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:54:29 -0500 Received: from ng.netgate.net (root@ng.netgate.net [204.145.147.10]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA16683; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:54:25 -0500 Received: from [205.214.160.70] (d14.netgate.net [205.214.160.46]) by ng.netgate.net (8.8.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA16644; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:56:18 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:26:55 -0800 To: Chris Newman From: Dave Crocker Subject: Re: DRAFT-DRUMS-ABNF-03.txt Cc: Directed Revision/Update of Message Standards At 11:11 AM -0800 12/5/96, Chris Newman wrote: >On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Dave Crocker wrote: >> Isn't hyphen legal? aren't some others? > >We should at least allow "_" and "-" as they are used in current >documents. Probably not much else. I would like to personally lobby AGAINST underscore. Although it has a long history within the industry, the human factors can be quite problematic, since it's often too easy to miss the underscore and think you are seeing a space. d/ -------------------- Dave Crocker, Director +1 408 246 8253 Internet Mail Consortium (f) +1 408 249 6205 127 Segr=E9 Place dcrocker@imc.o= rg Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA http://www.imc.org Internet Mail Consortium http://www.imc.org, info@imc.org