date-time   =  [ day "," ] date time        ; dd mm yy
                                                 ;  hh:mm:ss zzz
     day         =  "Mon"  / "Tue" /  "Wed"  / "Thu"
                 /  "Fri"  / "Sat" /  "Sun"
     delimiters  =  specials / linear-white-space / comment
     destination =  "To"          ":" 1#address  ; Primary
                 /  "Resent-To"   ":" 1#address
                 /  "cc"          ":" 1#address  ; Secondary
                 /  "Resent-cc"   ":" 1#address
                 /  "bcc"         ":"  #address  ; Blind carbon
                 /  "Resent-bcc"  ":"  #address
     DIGIT       =  <any ASCII decimal digit>    ; ( 60- 71, 48.- 57.)
     domain      =  sub-domain *("." sub-domain)
     domain-literal =  "[" *(dtext / quoted-pair) "]"
     domain-ref  =  atom                         ; symbolic reference
     dtext       =  <any CHAR excluding "[",     ; => may be folded
                     "]", "\" & CR, & including
                     linear-white-space>
     extension-field =
                   <Any field which is defined in a document
                    published as a formal extension to this
                    specification; none will have names beginning
                    with the string "X-">


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     field       =  field-name ":" [ field-body ] CRLF
     fields      =    dates                      ; Creation time,
                      source                     ;  author id & one
                    1*destination                ;  address required
                     *optional-field             ;  others optional
     field-body  =  field-body-contents
                    [CRLF LWSP-char field-body]
     field-body-contents =
                   <the ASCII characters making up the field-body, as
                    defined in the following sections, and consisting
                    of combinations of atom, quoted-string, and
                    specials tokens, or else consisting of texts>
     field-name  =  1*<any CHAR, excluding CTLs, SPACE, and ":">
     group       =  phrase ":" [#mailbox] ";"
     hour        =  2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT [":" 2DIGIT]
                                                 ; 00:00:00 - 23:59:59
     HTAB        =  <ASCII HT, horizontal-tab>   ; (     11,       9.)
     LF          =  <ASCII LF, linefeed>         ; (     12,      10.)
     linear-white-space =  1*([CRLF] LWSP-char)  ; semantics = SPACE
                                                 ; CRLF => folding
     local-part  =  word *("." word)             ; uninterpreted
                                                 ; case-preserved
     LWSP-char   =  SPACE / HTAB                 ; semantics = SPACE
     mailbox     =  addr-spec                    ; simple address
                 /  phrase route-addr            ; name & addr-spec
     message     =  fields *( CRLF *text )       ; Everything after
                                                 ;  first null line
                                                 ;  is message body
     month       =  "Jan"  /  "Feb" /  "Mar"  /  "Apr"
                 /  "May"  /  "Jun" /  "Jul"  /  "Aug"
                 /  "Sep"  /  "Oct" /  "Nov"  /  "Dec"
     msg-id      =  "<" addr-spec ">"            ; Unique message id
     optional-field =
                 /  "Message-ID"        ":"   msg-id
                 /  "Resent-Message-ID" ":"   msg-id
                 /  "In-Reply-To"       ":"  *(phrase / msg-id)
                 /  "References"        ":"  *(phrase / msg-id)
                 /  "Keywords"          ":"  #phrase
                 /  "Subject"           ":"  *text
                 /  "Comments"          ":"  *text
                 /  "Encrypted"         ":" 1#2word
                 /  extension-field              ; To be defined
                 /  user-defined-field           ; May be pre-empted
     orig-date   =  "Date"        ":"   date-time
     originator  =   authentic                   ; authenticated addr
                   [ "Reply-To"   ":" 1#address] )
     phrase      =  1*word                       ; Sequence of words




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     qtext       =  <any CHAR excepting <">,     ; => may be folded
                     "\" & CR, and including
                     linear-white-space>
     quoted-pair =  "\" CHAR                     ; may quote any char
     quoted-string = <"> *(qtext/quoted-pair) <">; Regular qtext or
                                                 ;   quoted chars.
     received    =  "Received"    ":"            ; one per relay
                       ["from" domain]           ; sending host
                       ["by"   domain]           ; receiving host
                       ["via"  atom]             ; physical path