S. Isaac Dealey wrote:
> 
> I had a feeling this was the case ... I mean... An email message is just a
> flat text file ultimately right?

Ultimately, everything is. (One might argue about null's, ASCII 7 etc., 
but you can't really see a linefeed or a carriage return either, can you?)


> ... So if I wanted an email header called
> NameOfNeighborsBeagle I could have one. :) Although I doubt many email
> clients ( or servers ) would care what his name is. :)

No. If it isn't registered with the proper authority (whichever that may 
be) it should start with "X-", so that would be "X-NameOfNeighborsBeagle".


> I have a tough time reading anything the IETF write,
> but here's some info on RFC 2821 ( I think )
> 
> http://community.roxen.com/developers/idocs/rfc/rfc2821.html

That's the HTML version of the full RFC. I usually get them through 
http://www.frc-editor.org/ because they keep track of versions etc.

Jochem

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