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Re: header-munging

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Wed, 07 August 1996 20:12 UTC

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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: "Randall C. Gellens" <RANDY@mpa15ab.mv.unisys.com>
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Subject: Re: header-munging
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Aug 1996 15:16:35 PDT." <EJHR1635246945@MPA15AB>
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On Tue, 06 Aug 1996 15:16:35 PDT, "Randall C. Gellens" said:
> Examples of clients which fail to produce Message-ID and/or proper Date
> headers are everywhere, as are examples of servers which munge messages
> (often all messages) in an attempt to fix them.

So what you're saying is that we should trust the people who wrote the
broken MUAs to update them, and get *that* correct, when they can't get
the *current* RFC's implemented correctly?

Sounds suspiciously like going to a mechanic, telling them "Since you broke
the carburetor accidentally the LAST time you worked on the engine, I want
you to replace the whole engine so it works".

What's wrong with this picture?
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				Valdis Kletnieks
				Computer Systems Engineer
				Virginia Tech

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