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Re: [EAI] Shepherd report review of mailinglist-02

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 13 July 2012 13:35 UTC

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> Also, my proposal of different text for the "%-routing problem", which is 
> clearer about the source of the problem, in particular that it's an 
> implementation problem (correct escaping/unescaping) and not an a-priori 
> problem, hasn't been taken into account, and I don't know why.

I looked at your language, and it seemed to me less clear than what's 
there.  The problem is very simple, some MTAs mishandle addresses that 
contain % signs.  All we need to do is note it, not tell people how we 
think they should fix it or work around it.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

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