R. Clayton (rclayton@monmouth.edu)
Fri, 9 Jun 2000 19:04:31 -0400 (EDT)
word:text-line does not have a space after the colon and you don't mention
the linear white space the way you do with the From line.
That's correct; it means that any non-newline characters following the colon
are part of the text-line.
However, in most of or all of the headers in the sample mailbox, there is
linear white space after the colon and before the text line.
Which means that the white space after the colon is part of, not before, the
text-line.
Should we assume the header has the form word: text-line with linear white
space?
Because this assignment doesn't deal with headers, it would be best to treat a
header field as word:text-line with no further structure. We'll eventually get
around to playing with the headers and then I'll add in some more structure.
Also, I assume each field in the header is on a separate line?
Yes; because fields are (mostly) delimited by newlines, there can only be one
field one per line. Also, because I'm not giving you folded fields, there can
only be one line per field.
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