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Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs

Eric Allman <eric+ietf@sendmail.org> Wed, 02 August 2000 14:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs
In-reply-to: Mail from Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@gshapiro.net> dated Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:36:46 PDT <14725.606.683615.90633@monkeyboy.gshapiro.net>
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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


============= In Reply To: ===========================================
: From:  Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@gshapiro.net>
: Subject:  smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs
: Date:  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:36:46 -0700 (PDT)

: Section 2.4 states, "All commands begin with a four letter command verb."
: SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS (RFC 2487) breaks this
: rule.  In light of this, should section 2.4's text be modified?

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