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Re: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs

John Beck <jbeck@eng.sun.com> Wed, 02 August 2000 14:20 UTC

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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 10:19:17 -0400
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Gregory> Section 2.4 states, "All commands begin with a four letter command
Gregory> verb."  SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS (RFC 2487)
Gregory> breaks this rule.  In light of this, should section 2.4's text be
Gregory> modified?

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

I support Eric's proposed modification.

-- John

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