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Re: [ietf-smtp] How wrong is this EAI implementation

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 20 June 2020 22:23 UTC

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From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] How wrong is this EAI implementation
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> I haven't thought it through but, somehow, converting domains in
> backward-pointing addresses (what do they do to/with
> "Reply-to:"?) seems more, rather than less, offensive than
> forward-pointing ones.

They turn Reply-To into a-labels too.  Bah.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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