From: Bruce Lilly (blilly@erols.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 12:21:55 CDT
J.B. Moreno wrote:
> I'm just about convinced that what Lilly would like is a document that says
> "See RFC 2822. The End." Which makes arguing with him rather pointless.
Please do not try to put words into my mouth.
> If we aren't to be more permissive than mail, and we aren't to be more
> restrictive than mail, what's left?
Compatibility. Interoperability. Harmony.
> For the record -- given even *1* news program that assumes the space (let
> alone one with the importance of INN), for whatever purpose, I see no reason
> not to continue to be more restrictive in this matter.
The "for whatever purpose" is what is objectionable. If it boils down to
"that's the way it was in the 1980s", that's not by itself sufficient
purpose today.