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Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 07:25:22 CDT
On Wed, 21 May 2003, Pete Resnick wrote:
> Let me start off by noting that Bruce is the only one arguing for
> removal of this restriction. Bill has recently posted a message
> asking why the restriction is necessary, but I think Russ's earlier
> message about INN rejecting (not simply mis-displaying) messages
> answers that query quite completely. I therefore see (at present)
> good consensus to leave the restriction in and no consensus to remove
> it.
You did note that I mentioned that some existing software is broken WRT
this? I dont regard "INN is broken and needs this" and a good
justification for putting a restriction in a standard.
-- bill davidsen SBC/Prodigy Yorktown Heights NY data center Project Leader, USENET news http://newsgroups.news.prodigy.com