On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:16:55PM +0100, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> > I assume the last sentence was mistyped, and you meant that
> > the relay should send RFC3339-TIMESTAMP if it receives a
> > message with RFC3339-TIMESTAMP
>
> I am sorry, yes, it was meant to be:
>
> ===
> If a relay receives a RFC3164-TIMESTAMP, it MUST forward the message
> with a RFC3164-TIMESTAMP and similarly if a relay receives a
> RFC3339-TIMESTAMP it MUST forward the message with a RFC3339-TIMESTAMP.
> ===
>
> >
> > Btw, why is this a requirement a _MUST_? I think 'SHOULD' is
> > perfectly enough, a relay can be smart enough to convert from
> > RFC3164 to RFC3339 timestamps if configured this way. (for
> > example tz information can be added, assuming the relay is in
> > the same zone as the sender)
> ====
> If a relay receives a RFC3164-TIMESTAMP, it SHOULD forward the message
> with a RFC3164-TIMESTAMP but MAY reformat it to a RFC3339-TIMESTAMP if
> configured to do so. If a relay receives a RFC3339-TIMESTAMP it MUST
> forward the message with a RFC3339-TIMESTAMP. It MUST NOT reformat it to
> a RFC3164-TIMESTAMP.
> ====

it sounds fine to me.

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