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Re: IETF Policy on dogfood consumption or avoidance - SMTP version

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sun, 15 December 2019 23:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: IETF Policy on dogfood consumption or avoidance - SMTP version
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From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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On 12/15/19 6:00 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> The protocol will be defined by people who are good at defining 
> protocols, but the system will be run by someone who knows how to run 
> systems.

I do not find that this is true in general, and IMO it is not a valid 
working assumption.   There's a tremendous amount of Bad Conventional 
Practice out there, especially in both email handling and security, that 
has come to be accepted as if it were wisdom.

Keith

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