Chad Whitacre:
> Wietse,
> 
>  > A mis-understanding as in posting a patch that "corrects"
>  > Postfix behavior without adequate justification.
>  >
>  > According to RFC 5312 section 2.3.5, SMTP uses the dot as
>  > SEPARATOR not TERMINATOR in domain names.
> 
>    o I raised a legitimate issue. SMTP's use of "FQDN" is not
>       widely known. Afaict, it was not even formally defined until
>       RFC 5321 was published today--during our conversation.
> 
>    o I provided a patch.
> 
>    o I apologized quickly for calling this behavior a bug.
> 
>    o I never used the word "corrects" or otherwise implied that
>       Postfix has it wrong.
> 
>    o I accepted your and Noel's clarifications about the use of
>       "FQDN" in SMTP.
> 
>    o I followed your advice in searching the IETF-SMTP list for
>       more info.
> 
>    o I updated the Wikipedia article on FQDN's accordingly.
> 
>    o Here was my misunderstanding: I thought you posted the
>       message about RFCs 5321 and 5322, and were asking me to
>       cite these in the Wikipedia article. My fault, sorry.
> 
>    o I asked for help in finding the specific reference.
> 
>    o I found the reference myself.
> 
>    o I updated Wikipedia again.
> 
> 
> I'm human, I make mistakes, and I hope I apologize for them. But 
> I'm not an idiot and I'm not malicious. I'm on your side. Don't 
> you think you could lighten up a little?

I am enlighted, but this does not always come across in my 
short responses.

        Wietse

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