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Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs

"Lee Thompson" <lt@seattlelab.com> Wed, 09 August 2000 17:32 UTC

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From: Lee Thompson <lt@seattlelab.com>
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Subject: Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:31:38 -0700
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:16:07 -0700, you 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.
> 
> eric

Agreed.

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Lee Thompson                       lt@seattlelab.com
Seattle Lab Inc.           http://www.seattlelab.com
Software Engineer                      ICQ: 19545760

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