> On 05-Apr-00, 13:19 (CDT), "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it should be a requirement that Debian maintainers have email > > addresses which accept all validly formatted email, at least in > > response to bug-reporting discussions. Is this controversial?
On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 01:35:28PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > The problem is that some maintainers may be using a ISP that is using > something like ORBS or the DUL, and changing ISPs may not be a real > option. That's a problem. More generally, "accept" is ambiguous with mail, since you can never guarantee that mail will always work. ORBS/DUL is just one class of problem [system down for several weeks is a tougher class of problem for some people]. [Also, I'm not sure about validly formatted.. Does that mean rfc 1855 compliant, or does that mean rfc 2045 compliant, or..] -- Raul
