Re: [I18ndir] EAI: RFC 6531 Updates 5321?

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 30 October 2020 18:37 UTC

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In article <305BD81F447F181D46E0C18A@PSB>,
John C Klensin  <john@jck.com> wrote:

>Finally, I've concerned about the analogy to "forks" unless that
>term has come to encompass instant interoperability problems as
>well as semi-orderly evolution that may branch out in different
>directions.

It means both. Look at the many forks of markdown software that accept
not-quite compatible input formats, and the lack of any agreed way to
tell what markdown file expects to be processed with what software.

R's,
John

PS:

>(see Section 2.4 of 5321) or, in the specific case of mailbox
>names, more likely something more like
>   500 syntax error - WTF  [1]

I presume that stands for Wide Text Found.
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