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diff --git a/Doc/librfc822.tex b/Doc/librfc822.tex index 6450113..78bbabd 100644 --- a/Doc/librfc822.tex +++ b/Doc/librfc822.tex @@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ This module defines a class, \code{Message}, which represents a collection of ``email headers'' as defined by the Internet standard -RFC 822. It is used in various contexts, usually to read such headers -from a file. -\index{RFC!822} +\rfc{822}. It is used in various contexts, usually to read such +headers from a file. Note that there's a separate module to read \UNIX{}, MH, and MMDF style mailbox files: \code{mailbox}. @@ -30,10 +29,10 @@ e.g. \code{m['From']}, \code{m['from']} and \code{m['FROM']} all yield the same result. \begin{funcdesc}{parsedate}{date} -Attempts to parse a date according to the rules in RFC822. however, +Attempts to parse a date according to the rules in \rfc{822}. however, some mailers don't follow that format as specified, so \code{parsedate()} tries to guess correctly in such cases. -\var{date} is a string containing an RFC822 date, such as +\var{date} is a string containing an \rfc{822} date, such as \code{"Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:12:08 -0500"}. If it succeeds in parsing the date, \code{parsedate()} returns a 9-tuple that can be passed directly to \code{time.mktime()}; otherwise \code{None} will be |