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Re: 2821bis/ter and procedures

To: Paul Smith <paul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 2821bis/ter and procedures
From: Tony Finch <dot@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:04:29 +0100
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Paul Smith wrote:

> I'd say this should be an informative or BCP document. Putting it in a
> 'standards' document runs the risk of suddenly making lots of currently
> compliant software not compliant any more, even though they're working fine..

The issue arose because some software was *not* working fine, in exactly
the way that Ned described.

Tony.
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References:
- retry question
  - From: Tony Finch
- Re: retry question
  - From: ned+ietf-smtp
- Re: retry question
  - From: Tony Finch
- Re: retry question
  - From: ned+ietf-smtp
- Re: retry question
  - From: Tony Finch
- 2821bis/ter and procedures (was: Re: retry question)
  - From: John C Klensin
- Re: 2821bis/ter and procedures
  - From: Paul Smith

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