> From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 18 May 1999 15:47:26 -0000
>
> Delivery Status Notice. It's an attempt to solve every possible
> problem related to email delivery, including bounces, delayed
> messages, vacation responses, and changes of email address.
> Unfortunately, it's so complicated that it hasn't had sufficient
> penetration to be really useful.
Just to change the subject and to tie it into a previous thread, I'd like to
point out that the lack of this characteristic is one of the reasons why both
Fred L. and I were defending RFC2369 for list headers.
Simplicity is good. Isn't there a quote along the line of "as simple as
possible, but no simpler"? It wasn't about standards, but it should be.
Chris
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