From: Claus Färber (list-ietf-wg-apps-usefor@faerber.muc.de)
Date: Sat Sep 25 1999 - 15:28:00 CDT
Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> schrieb/wrote:
> Adam Bailey <adamb@lull.org> writes:
>> 5.3. Message-ID
>> [...]a message identifier MUST NOT be altered in any way
>> during transport[...]
>
> That practice should be deprecated. Moderators shouldn't be modifying
> message IDs; it can lead to loops and other unpleasantness.
Still, it should only say SHOULD NOT. This is the same as MUST NOT,
except that a moderator is allowed to act differently iff s/he knows
exaclty what s/he's doing.
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