Re: header-munging

[Einar Stefferud <[e-mail]>]

ABSOLUTELY!!!  

>From Tim's message Fri, 13 Sep 1996 12:43:07 +0100:
}
}> The I-D draft-gellens-submit-01.txt proposes an ESMTP keyword to specify
}> RELAY or SUBMIT, and also suggests an optional additional port.
}
}Please, no.  We're not ISO, nor hostage to any prior art.  Let's
}do one or the other, but not both.
}
}Tim.
} 


Compromising by adopted both is "A Really Bad Idea"(TM).  
The problem with such compromises is that they compromise the result!

Also adding additional functions to an old assigned port number
(commonly known as overloading) is "An Equally Bad Idea" (TM).
Especially when the additional funtionality is drawn what has long
been considered part of another functional standard (i.e., RFC822).

Cheers...\Stef