Whether "-" or ".." or ":" is to be used for ranges is still under discussion.
Tom
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> A Revised Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
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> Title : Message Format Standard
> Author(s) : P. Resnick
> Filename : draft-ietf-drums-msg-fmt-01.txt
> Pages : 18
> Date : 04/17/1997
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>This standard specifies a syntax for text messages that are sent between
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>standard supersedes the one specified in Request For Comments 822,
>"Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages".
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