From: Andrew Gierth (andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Feb 23 2003 - 13:22:33 CST
>>>>> "greg" == greg andruk <gja@meowing.net> writes:
>> The Lindsey draft also seems to put this information next to % in
>> the Path header, although I'll admit to finding his Section 5.6 a
>> bit confusing.
greg> The extended path separators are (IMHO) pointless without a
greg> solution to the auth problem, and superfluous with an auth
greg> solution.
the extended path separators are nothing more than an attempt at
formalisation of the existing, and _highly_ useful, practice of
putting .MISMATCH and .POSTED tags in path headers.
i.e. current:
Path: foo!1.2.3.4.MISMATCH!bar!baz.POSTED!not-for-mail
becomes
Path: foo/1.2.3.4?bar/baz%not-for-mail
(or whatever the delimiter characters are now)
The question here is whether in fact it would be preferable to
standardise the .POSTED and .MISMATCH tags instead. I have some real
concerns about the potential disruption of introducing path delimiters
other than '!'.
-- Andrew.