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Re: Last Call: draft-klensin-rfc2821bis: closing the implicit MX issue

Hector Santos <hsantos@santronics.com> Fri, 18 April 2008 15:13 UTC

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To: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-klensin-rfc2821bis: closing the implicit MX issue
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Keith Moore wrote:
> Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, this "running code" thing is over-rated.
> 
> indeed it is.  many people are so accustomed to accepting the problems 
> with today's large-scale email operation that they fail to see how 
> things could be any other way.  after all, it "works"...sort of.

+1

>> It also presumes that those implementing code operate wholly 
>> independently of those who will operate or use that running code.
> 
> no.  it only presumes that when the standard says one thing and the 
> needs of operators say something else, that the implementor is placed in 
> an awkward position.

+1000

Thank you for seeing this Keith.

-- 
Sincerely

Hector Santos, CTO
http://www.santronics.com
http://santronics.blogspot.com

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