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kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) Sat, 29 July 2000 11:29 UTC

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dcrocker@brandenburg.com (Dave Crocker)  wrote on 26.07.00 in <4.3.2.20000726034710.00bd4100@mail.bayarea.net>:

> At 02:16 PM 7/25/00 -0700, Lee Thompson wrote:
> >The SMTP/Message Format system currently in use is a mess.  We have nearly
> >20 years of standard drift and those standards are vague in some areas.
> >For better or for worse the internet is now a commercial environment which
> >means interoperability and reliability are the key factors.
>
> There is truth in what you observe, but it does not apply to CRLF.  If
> anything the standards drift is due to constantly making local changes to
> accept non-conforming behavior.  It is the norm for email.
>
> Imagine if folks had taken that approach for TCP...

Oh, they have. But I notice that, at least in the case I'm familiar with,  
they're a little more obvious about what is going on:

-- snip --
PC/TCP compatibility mode
CONFIG_INET_PCTCP
  If you have been having difficulties telnetting to your Linux
  machine from a DOS system that uses (broken) PC/TCP networking
  software (all versions up to OnNet 2.0) over your local Ethernet try
  saying Y here. Everyone else says N.

  People having problems with NCSA telnet should see the file
  linux/Documentation/networking/ncsa-telnet.
-- snip --

MfG Kai

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