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

Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> Tue, 23 June 2020 13:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] How wrong is this EAI implementation
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On Sunday 21 June 2020 16:53:42 CEST, John Levine wrote:
> I don't think that 5321 requires that bob@example.com and bob@EXAMPLE.COM
> be treated the same, either.
>
> Beyond some point, you can't force people to be reasonable.

Agree entirely. And this is why I think the EAI specs are too subtle on 
this point.

I do have an opinion about what that point is, and what the documents ought 
to say. But my real issue is that it's possible to review source code 
against every MUST and SHOULD in 653x and miss that there's something to 
consider.

Arnt

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