Re: [Fwd: Netscape mail client error]

[BlueBoar () THIEVCO COM (Blue Boar)]

Trevor Schroeder wrote:
> Not even, all it would have to do is look for a valid date/time, period.
<SNIP>
> All valid email must cary a msg with Date fields of the following format:
>
>         D Mon YY
>         DD Mon YY
>         D Mon YYYY
>         DD Mon YYYY
>
> Anything else can be dropped.

Well, I assert that mail with a year of 9999 or 0000 is "valid" by your
definition, and yet that's likely to cause trouble with at least a couple
of mail clients.  Strict RFC compliance is a good place to start, but may
not be completely sufficient.

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