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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> Thu, 26 June 2003 18:23 UTC

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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:07:26 -0400

On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 02:12:15PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote

>  >   An RFC means nothing if it isn't enforced.  You almost need an
>  > "internet driver's licence" or a "Killer-V" to get the problems off
>  > the net.
> 
> Wait a minute, there have been over 3000 RFC's issued.
> 
> Do you mean to tell us they all mean nothing?

  Most of them are followed.  However, some aren't.  Netscape started
the HTML-email garbage, and MS followed.

> Hmm, why are we here? What do you imagine the product of this group
> likely to be?

  One or more RFCs that are hopefully followed/enforced.  That
qualification is the sticking point.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
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