"Dave CROCKER" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >On 6/2/2010 8:08 AM, Al Iverson wrote: >> Agree. "Discard" and "silently discard" mean the same thing, in my >> opinion. Though, I am guilty of using the phrase "silently discard." >> Maybe in an attempt to be slightly over-specific. > > >I do not recall seeing a dictionary or technical definition of "discard" that >says anything at all about whether the discarder says anything at all. > >Taken on its own and without further technical specifications 'discard' does >not >direct, imply or request that the action be silent or noisy, and if noisy who >gets to hear it. IIRC, this is by design since there was no consensus around what exactly to do. Personally, I tend to favor not having messages silently vanish. Scott K _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
