On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Julian Mehnle wrote:
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.
Mr. Weir is absolutely right.
No, he's not.
I challenge you to show me a software product that is 100% RFC compliant *and* is usable without major caveats. Offhand, I can't think of any.
Anything relating to FTP.
jerry
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