I would disagree with your suggested format.
> I believe this is all RFC822 and 1153-compliant.
I think it is too minimal [basically, it is _not_ RFC1153 compliant at all].
I would suggest instead that the RFC1153 semantics for the Preamble
and enclosed message pieces be kept.
The only reason why I do not follow RFC1153 for the header and Trailer
is that they specifically require the word "Digest" which is not applicable
in my [our] situation. The remaining pieces however do not conflict with
FAQ usage and thus [I think] they should be kept.
I think that the header and Trailer have uses by FAQ`s if modified
for our purposes, but it would need to be documented.
I think throwing out anymore than necessary of RFC1153 is a bad idea.
>from RFC1153:
The header of a digest message should identify the digest in the
Subject line by listname, the key word, Digest, the volume number
(usually a sequential number either starting at 1 or the last two
digits of the year and incremented by one starting with the first
issue of the next calendar year), and an issue number starting at one
for the first issue of a new calendar year.
The body of a digest message must consist of a Preamble, one or more
enclosed messages, and a Trailer.
The Preamble usually contains a table of contents consisting of the
subject line contents of the enclosed messages, usually indented or
centered, and also may contain brief administrative or other
announcements.
The Preamble must be separated from the remainder of the message by a
line of 70 hyphens followed by a blank line.
Each enclosed message is a conventional message consisting of a
header and body, separated by a blank line. If they exist in the
original message header, the following lines must be retained as-is
in the reconstructed header: Date:, From:, To:, Cc:, Subject:,
Message-ID:, and Keywords:, rearranged to appear in that order.
Retaining the Summary: line is optional. Lines include continuation
lines as defined in the RFCs. All other header lines should be
discarded, especially Received lines. All leading and trailing blank
lines should be removed from the message body. The message body may
be scanned to replace with a blank the first character of any lines
of exactly and only 30 hyphens.
Each enclosed message must be separated from the the remainder of the
digest message by a blank line before and after a line of 30 hyphens.
The Trailer immediately follows the blank line of message separator
following the last enclosed message. The Trailer consists of two
lines. The first line must begin with the words, End of, followed by
the listname a blank and the word Digest which is usually followed by
volume and issue number on the same line. The second and last line
of the Trailer and the entire message is a line of asterisks serving
to underline the line immediately above it.
Aydin
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