22 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-usersRe: [courier-users] RE: bad MX proble...
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Carlos PazSep 23, 2003 12:39 pm 
Julian MehnleSep 23, 2003 1:45 pm 
Evelyn PichlerSep 23, 2003 2:29 pm 
Eduardo RoldanSep 23, 2003 3:29 pm 
Thomas von HasselSep 24, 2003 12:17 am 
Malcolm WeirSep 24, 2003 12:49 am 
Phillip HutchingsSep 24, 2003 1:27 am 
Malcolm WeirSep 24, 2003 2:29 am 
Julian MehnleSep 24, 2003 3:33 am 
Jon NelsonSep 24, 2003 5:05 am 
Julian MehnleSep 24, 2003 6:16 am 
Alexei Batyr'Sep 24, 2003 6:40 am 
Jon NelsonSep 24, 2003 6:57 am 
Jerry AmundsonSep 24, 2003 7:50 am 
Daniel HigginsSep 24, 2003 8:01 am 
Julian MehnleSep 24, 2003 8:37 am 
dick hoogendijkSep 24, 2003 11:45 am 
Malcolm WeirSep 24, 2003 8:31 pm 
Malcolm WeirSep 24, 2003 9:40 pm 
Julian MehnleSep 25, 2003 6:48 am 
Julian MehnleSep 25, 2003 6:52 am 
Julian MehnleSep 27, 2003 8:44 am 
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Subject:Re: [courier-users] RE: bad MX problems...Actions...
From:Jerry Amundson (jer@pbs.com)
Date:Sep 24, 2003 7:50:47 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Jon Nelson wrote:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Julian Mehnle wrote:

Malcolm Weir <ma@gelt.org> wrote:

Which leads to the inevitable observation that there are no prizes for conformance to the RFC, but there are for getting the job done. The job of a mail transfer agent is to transfer mail. Not pass a conformance test based on a specific interpretation of an RFC...

Not conforming to the RFC might not get you a prize, but it definitely has a price you'll have to pay some day or another. Widely accepting non-compliance will inevitably make non-compliance... well... widely acceptable. So we tend to lose standards compliance, ultimately harming interoperability.

Mr. Weir is absolutely right.

No, he's not.

I challenge you to show me a software product that is 100% RFC compliant *and* is usable without major caveats. Offhand, I can't think of any.

Anything relating to FTP.

jerry