RFC #  822

     Obsoletes:  RFC #733  (NIC #41952)












                        STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF

                        ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES






                              August 13, 1982






                                Revised by

                             David H. Crocker


                      Dept. of Electrical Engineering
                 University of Delaware, Newark, DE  19711
                      Network:  DCrocker @ UDel-Relay












 

 
     Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages


                             TABLE OF CONTENTS


     PREFACE ....................................................   ii

     1.  INTRODUCTION ...........................................    1

         1.1.  Scope ............................................    1
         1.2.  Communication Framework ..........................    2

     2.  NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS .................................    3

     3.  LEXICAL ANALYSIS OF MESSAGES ...........................    5

         3.1.  General Description ..............................    5
         3.2.  Header Field Definitions .........................    9
         3.3.  Lexical Tokens ...................................   10
         3.4.  Clarifications ...................................   11

     4.  MESSAGE SPECIFICATION ..................................   17

         4.1.  Syntax ...........................................   17
         4.2.  Forwarding .......................................   19
         4.3.  Trace Fields .....................................   20
         4.4.  Originator Fields ................................   21
         4.5.  Receiver Fields ..................................   23
         4.6.  Reference Fields .................................   23
         4.7.  Other Fields .....................................   24

     5.  DATE AND TIME SPECIFICATION ............................   26

         5.1.  Syntax ...........................................   26
         5.2.  Semantics ........................................   26

     6.  ADDRESS SPECIFICATION ..................................   27

         6.1.  Syntax ...........................................   27