Re: New Draft... going forward

[Kent Crispin <kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 06:40:37PM +0000, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
> * Gene Hoffman wrote:
> >> So the current API does not work well with MIME itself. Sue the programmers.
> 
> >This is a common problem across most every MUA.
> >
> >The whole point of this thread is that ASCII armor serves a very valid
> >purpose when dealing with the majority (by deployment) of MUA's in the
> >world.
> 
> Ok, that's fine. So forget RfC 2015.
> 
> The actual paragraph is correct, isn't it?

"For backward compatibility this format should be read but may not be
generated."

It would read better as

"For backward compatibility this format SHOULD be read.  It MAY be
generated."


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