RFC 4096: Policy-Mandated Labels Such as "Adv:" in Email Subject Headers Considered Ineffective At Best
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo discusses policies that require certain labels to be inserted in the "Subject:" header of a mail message. Such policies are difficult to specify accurately while remaining compliant with key RFCs and are likely to be ineffective at best. This memo discusses an alternate, \%standards-compliant approach that is significantly simpler to specify and is somewhat less likely to be ineffective. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC4096
- Published
- May 2005
- Authors
- C. Malamud
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 14
- Also known as
- —
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