Re: [dmarc-ietf] Definition of "value" in RFC8601

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 03 April 2020 00:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] Definition of "value" in RFC8601
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>> In systems that keep ASCII and EAI mail separate, that info will be in
>> the metadata, whether it arrived in an SMTP session with the SMTPUTF8
>> option.
>
> Does anyone implement it that way?

I have no idea.  I don't in my code either.

> Unfortunately, everybody thinks they can just make their own emali messages
> because its a text-like format, and they're very often wrong.

Surely you're aware that 50% of all programmers are of below average 
skill.

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John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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