From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 0d8bae5: Fix capitalization of mail headers Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 16:33:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87fu2ms8fi.fsf@igel.home> References: <20180520090853.27430.88055@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20180520090853.BA0E920468@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1526826727 8156 195.159.176.226 (20 May 2018 14:32:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 14:32:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 20 16:32:03 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fKPNS-0001zL-HH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 May 2018 16:32:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46722 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fKPPZ-0000r3-Hy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 May 2018 10:34:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42668) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fKPPT-0000qm-4U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2018 10:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fKPPS-0000D7-Dv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2018 10:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:49209) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fKPPN-0000C1-7k; Sun, 20 May 2018 10:34:01 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40pktV4qPTz1qvnJ; Sun, 20 May 2018 16:33:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40pktV49WJz1qql0; Sun, 20 May 2018 16:33:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qeZu77ZBwNGs; Sun, 20 May 2018 16:33:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: s9P1YEnjIcbeK99ssxD9UK61Kh/Ll5/iVTYmHICh6i8mgGZUpZifGJSulEghsbvh Original-Received: from localhost (ppp-188-174-157-252.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.157.252]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 20 May 2018 16:33:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5C9922C2823; Sun, 20 May 2018 16:33:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Does that mean I'm not a well-adjusted person?? In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 20 May 2018 09:47:45 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:225475 Archived-At: On Mai 20 2018, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> -The @samp{To}, @samp{Cc}, and @samp{Bcc} fields can appear any number >> +The @samp{To}, @samp{CC}, and @samp{BCC} fields can appear any number > > FWIW, I can't remember seeing "CC:" or "BCC:" in an email message > whereas I've seen "Cc:" and "Bcc:" many many times. So my reaction to > the above line would be "Huh? Why didn't they write `TO` to > be consistent?" Also, RFC 2822 always uses the capitalized form (the only exception is Message-ID). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."