Re: [apps-discuss] Comments on Malformed Message BCP draft

Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> Fri, 15 April 2011 21:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Comments on Malformed Message BCP draft
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I found the advice rather naïve. Not bad, but also not very 
sophisticated, and I fear that extending it to be comprehensive will not 
produce a readable document.

Still, I can see value in a document whose abstract says "here are some 
of the bad things you must expect to receive, and not just from 
spammers". Is that the goal of your draft?

Arnt