Summary of RFC 822
Summary of RFC 822
RFC 822 was revised by David H. Crocker, of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering at the University of Delaware, and published on August 13, 1982. It made RFC 733 (NIC #41952) obsolete.
The following topics summarize the major sections of RFC 822:
- RFC 822: Introduction
- RFC 822: Notational Conventions
- RFC 822: Lexical Analysis of Messages
- RFC 822: Message Specification
- RFC 822: Date and Time Specification
- RFC 822: Address Specification
- RFC 822: Appendixes
Note A few parts of the following summary are taken verbatim from RFC 822, while most parts are shortened and paraphrased. For complete details, please see the original document.