Charles Lindsey wrote: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mark Crispin ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> But clients that interoperate with IMAP usually also have the capability > >> to interoperate with POP3, SMTP, NNTP and maybe even UUCP. I have never > >> seen any suggestion that those other servers are in any way obligated to > >> "fix" things that the client is unable to swallow/digest. > > >All clients and servers of these protocols are required to comply. 8-bit > >headers are non-compliant. > > No, there is no requirement AFAIK for POP3 or SMTP servers to handle > Netnews articles. They are designed to cope with Email messages and Usefor > is taking care to ensure that they need never see anything else. If they > do, then some standard has not been complied with.
The use of the term "requirement" could be discussed at length, but you can't put your head in the sand and ignore the fact that new articles DO pass through POP3 (probably rarely), IMAP and SMTP. One of the big issues which keeps getting brought up by the usefor people is current practice. That's fine, but you can't just restrict this argument to current "usenet" practice. You have to consider the entire playing field, not just your corner of it. -- Kenneth Murchison Oceana Matrix Ltd. Software Engineer 21 Princeton Place 716-662-8973 x26 Orchard Park, NY 14127 --PGP Public Key-- http://www.oceana.com/~ken/ksm.pgp
