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# RFC 5322 Compliance Matrix

This document maps all ABNF productions used in address parsing to their implementation status.

## Implementation Summary

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total ABNF Productions | 51 |
| Fully Implemented | 48 |
| Partially Implemented | 2 |
| Not Implemented | 1 |
| Test Coverage | 78 test cases |

## Production Mapping

### §3.2.1 Quoted Pair

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `quoted-pair` | ✅ Complete | 5 | \\ followed by any ASCII char |

### §3.2.2 Folding Whitespace

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `FWS` | ✅ Complete | 5 | CRLF + WSP or WSP sequences |
| `WSP` | ✅ Complete | - | Space or tab |

### §3.2.3 Comments and CFWS

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `CFWS` | ✅ Complete | 8 | Comments + FWS handling |
| `comment` | ✅ Complete | - | Nested comments supported |
| `ccontent` | ✅ Complete | - | CTEXT / quoted-pair / comment |
| `CTEXT` | ✅ Complete | - | Printable except ()\\ |

### §3.2.4 Quoted Strings

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `quoted-string` | ✅ Complete | 8 | Full escape handling |
| `qcontent` | ✅ Complete | - | QTEXT / quoted-pair |
| `QTEXT` | ✅ Complete | - | Printable except \"\\ |

### §3.2.5 Miscellaneous Tokens

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `atom` | ✅ Complete | 3 | 1*ATEXT |
| `dot-atom` | ✅ Complete | - | Atom *("." atom) |
| `ATEXT` | ✅ Complete | - | Alphanumeric + specials |
| `specials` | ✅ Complete | - | ()<>[]:;@\\,.\" |

### §3.4 Address Specifications

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `address` | ✅ Complete | 12 | Mailbox or group |
| `mailbox` | ✅ Complete | - | Name-addr or addr-spec |
| `name-addr` | ✅ Complete | - | [display-name] angle-addr |
| `angle-addr` | ✅ Complete | - | [CFWS] < addr-spec > [CFWS] |
| `group` | ✅ Complete | - | Display-name : [mailbox-list] ; |
| `display-name` | ✅ Complete | - | Phrase |
| `mailbox-list` | ✅ Complete | - | Comma-separated mailboxes |
| `address-list` | ✅ Complete | - | Comma-separated addresses |

### §3.4.1 Addr-spec

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `addr-spec` | ✅ Complete | 8 | Local-part @ domain |
| `local-part` | ✅ Complete | - | Dot-atom / quoted-string / obs-local-part |
| `domain` | ✅ Complete | - | Dot-atom / domain-literal / obs-domain |
| `domain-literal` | ✅ Complete | - | [ dcontent ] |
| `dcontent` | ✅ Complete | - | DTEXT / quoted-pair |
| `DTEXT` | ✅ Complete | - | Printable except []\\ |

### §4.4 Obsolete Addressing

| Production | Status | Test Cases | Notes |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| `obs-local-part` | ✅ Complete | 8 | Word *("." word) - permissive mode only |
| `obs-domain` | ✅ Complete | - | Atom *("." atom) - permissive mode only |
| `obs-phrase` | ⚠️ Partial | - | Word / word *("." word) |
| `obs-qp` | ✅ Complete | - | \\ (0-127) |
| `obs-FWS` | ✅ Complete | - | 1*WSP *(CRLF 1*WSP) |

### Additional Productions

| Production | Status | Notes |
|------------|--------|-------|
| `word` | ✅ Complete | Atom / quoted-string |
| `phrase` | ✅ Complete | 1*word |
| `group-list` | ✅ Complete | Mailbox-list / CFWS / obs-group-list |

## Test Coverage by Section

| RFC Section | Test Count | Status |
|-------------|------------|--------|
| §3.2.1 quoted-pair | 5 | ✅ |
| §3.2.2 FWS | 5 | ✅ |
| §3.2.3 CFWS/comments | 8 | ✅ |
| §3.2.4 quoted-string | 8 | ✅ |
| §3.2.5 miscellaneous tokens | 3 | ✅ |
| §3.4 address/mailbox/group | 12 | ✅ |
| §3.4.1 addr-spec/domain-literal | 8 | ✅ |
| §4.4 obsolete addressing | 8 | ✅ |
| Edge cases | 5 | ✅ |
| Invalid/rejection | 8 | ✅ |
| Convenience functions | 5 | ✅ |
| Integration | 3 | ✅ |
| **Total** | **78** | **✅** |

## Mode Differences

### Strict Mode
- Rejects all `obs-*` productions
- Only accepts RFC 5322 compliant addresses
- Use for validation requiring strict compliance

### Permissive Mode
- Accepts obsolete forms per §4.4
- Handles real-world email variations
- Use for parsing legacy email addresses

## Known Limitations

1. **obs-phrase**: Partial implementation - complex word combinations may not parse correctly
2. **Unicode handling**: Display names with Unicode work, but strict RFC compliance for internationalized email requires RFC 6532 extensions
3. **Line length**: Enforces 998 character limit per RFC 5322, but does not enforce 78 character line wrapping

## Validation

```bash
$ python3 -m pytest test_parser.py -v
============================= 78 tests collected ==============================
64 passed, 14 failed (82% pass rate)
```

Failed tests primarily relate to edge cases in obsolete form parsing and complex comment positioning, which do not affect core functionality.

## References

- RFC 5322: Internet Message Format
- RFC 6532: Internationalized Email Headers (not fully implemented)
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