On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If you're serious, the answer is that some people view that adherance
> to standards is important even if it seems to temporarily hamper
> interoperability. "Temporarily"? I'm talking the long-term view
> of the Internet not the next couple of years. Standards-rot over the
> last 20 years on the Internet has already caused serious problems and
> blithely ignoring them, no matter how vague, is a contributor to that
> standards-rot.
I think this sums up my opinion. Hence, I do run qmail.
> The fix? Change the standard. Then you'll be arguing from a position
> of strength, not from the bleachers. Now you might want to try and
> change the standard by coercion (nyah nyah, most of the internet email
> programs ignore the standard so change dammit!) or by cooperation.
> Microsoft are pretty good at the former, which is your preferred
> strategy?
which former? coercion? By chance, are you talking about "embrace and
extend" ?
> Yes. AOL changed.
Ah! ok.. great! I thought there was some big-DNS patch for qmail
(which I didn't apply). Of course, I would have preferred that AOL
changed. I'm glad that they did!
Scott
