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Re: [faq-maintainers] Re: Mail headers

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From: Steve Summit (scs@eskimo.com)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 18:42:11 CST


Edward Reid wrote:
> At 11:08 AM -0500 12/05/00, SiKing wrote:
>> Also, I do know that it is supposed to be mispelled as "Supercedes:"
>> ...
>> I remember reading someplace that the person who wrote the spec on this
>> screwed up, but now it is in the spec ...
>
> I don't know what you heard, but you heard wrong. It's spelled
> "Supersedes" in the dictionary, in RFC1036 (which is the spec), and in
> every successful superseding message posted to Usenet.

For what it's worth, though, there *is* a document out there
somewhere that makes a claim along the lines SiKing mentions.
I don't remember where it is, but I've seen it, too. It was
pretty authoritative-looking, I think, so I'd say a reader
is excused for being misled by it.

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