Re: ietf-nntp NNTP doubling of starting periods
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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp NNTP doubling of starting periods
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>From: Mailer-Daemon
>To: Don Read
>Subject: Re: ietf-nntp NNTP doubling of starting periods
>Date: Friday, November 15, 1996 12:49AM
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>> RFC 977 specifies the following for lines that start with a period (.)
>> > [...]
>> Is this still in use? It seems unnecessary to distinguish lines that
<snip>
>
>The current scheme provides transparency. Senders add a dot to every
>line that begins with a dot. Receivers remove the initial dot from
>any line that begins with a dot. It's simple, it works, and anyone
>can understand how to do it right.
>
>Changing the spec can only lead to confusion and breakage.
>It's not broken, so don't fix it.
>
I agree !!!!
This is ( or should be ) a lib function.
A change to [ CollectTilSMTPDot() ] will break all kinds of software.
Regards,
--
Don Read (the Sparkless) dread@texas.net
Austin TX sysop@calcasieu.com
http://lonestar.texas.net/~dread/
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