Malcolm Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which leads to the inevitable observation that there are no prizes for
> conformance to the RFC, but there are for getting the job done.  The
> job of a mail transfer agent is to transfer mail.  Not pass a
> conformance test based on a specific interpretation of an RFC...

Not conforming to the RFC might not get you a prize, but it definitely has a price 
you'll have to pay some day or another.  Widely accepting non-compliance will 
inevitably make non-compliance... well... widely acceptable.  So we tend to lose 
standards compliance, ultimately harming interoperability.



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