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Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs

Philip Hazel <ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 02 August 2000 14:22 UTC

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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 15:21:08 +0100
From: Philip Hazel <ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Eric Allman wrote:

> I don't see any reason to limit commands to four characters.  As noted,
> there are already commands that violate this.  In particular, I would
> not want anyone to think that "MAILFROM:<...>" is legal syntax, as
> might be implied by this text.  I suggest deleting "four letter" from
> 2.4.

I also see no reason to limit commands to four characters.

Philip

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