On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 10:32 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > This video was recently posted to the MIMEDefang list, and illustrates how > bad the RFC's for mail format are. No wonder SA has such trouble deciding > what's spam and what's legitimate. NOTHING is legitimate, due to problems > with the standards. (And this doesn't even discuss SMTP, just the format of > the message.) > > > As seen at YAPC::NA::2008, "Email Hates the Living": > > > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7054401183589794595 > > > > It's a good overview of how broken the RFCs are, with an extra helping > > of zombie humour on top. Worth a look if you have an hour to spare, > > though some of the slides are a bit blurry. > > Conference presentation abstract, with contact info: > > <http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2008/talk/963> >
The MAIL RFC's were conceives a long time ago and have had some changes. Sure - the mail system is not ideal - however, with no RFC's we would end up with closed, stupid proprietary systems that don't talk. Microsoft Exchange is one reason why RFC's are important :-)
