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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Tue, 15 May 2007 21:54 UTC

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On Tue, 15 May 2007, Dave Crocker wrote:
>
> So that is a total of at most 2 documented cases in 10-30 years.
> And keep in mind that the issue is not that the rule "does not work" but that
> it is very rarely mis-used.

Did you miss my post linking to a description of LWSP-related interop
problems in HTTP? http://www.and.org/texts/server-http#implicit-lws

Tony.
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