Re: 2822upd-06 submitted

[Tony Hansen <tony@xxxxxxx>]

Thank you Arnt. I think that provides a good summary for this topic and 
jives with my take on the pros and cons of changing the spec in this area.

And on that note, and after consultation with Pete, we're going to move 
forward with the current version of the doc into IETF last call.

	Tony Hansen
	tony@xxxxxxx

Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> My position (at the end of a longish offline thread) is that
>
> 1. Sending anything other than colon-space is stupid. I know - I used an 
> MTA that did it for years. People write careless perl scripts to process 
> mail and colon-tab or just-colon gives those scripts indigestion.
>
> 2. Some people do it (even after careful thought) and 2822-upd is not 
> the kind of document that should render thoughtful, compliant 
> implementations non-compliant.
>
> I'd like to see a new document that says "here's what you shouldn't do, 
> even though 822 and its successors have allowed it for decades, and even 
> though some people like to do it". (colon-space, multi-address from, 
> etc.) But such a document has to start at PS. 2822-upd isn't that document.
>
> Arnt