Posted by John Dunlop on 07/14/06 07:17

runner7@fastmail.fm:

> Can anyone tell me where the RFC definition syntax is documented? I am
> referring to such things as the use of <...>, [...], 1*, etc. I find
> this sort of thing in the RFC's for POP3, MIME, etc.

I'd expect the RFC to say, even just an informal ref. to, e.g.,
RFC822.

You might care to look at RFC4234 though - a draft standard
obsoleting RFC2234:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4234.txt

--
Jock

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