Re: Content-Length harmful
On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 09:49:12PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> Cool. So what part of debian policy covers the non-linux machines I share
> the mail spool with?
What, you don't install Debian on _all_ your machines? (Just kidding)
> (I.e., dhesi isn't transparent enough a solution for something that's
> already deployed.)
I guess you missed my point.
I was saying that mbox, as it is, corrupts messages. I can send you a
message that says:
>From what camel dost the cavern fall?
From the pink camel, of course. Yeesh.
And it will appear in your mbox as follows:
>From what camel dost the cavern fall?
>From the pink camel, of course. Yeesh.
mbox corrupts messages, period. Here's what you would see if you used a
dhasi MDA and an mbox MUA:
>>From what camel dost the cavern fall?
>From the pink camel, of course. Yeesh.
Not much better, but no worse. Similarly, if you use an mbox MDA and a
dhasi MUA:
From what camel dost the cavern fall?
From the pink camel, of course. Yeesh.
This looks bad, but pure-mbox is just as bad. Look up above again.
However, in contrast, a pure dhasi system would show you the following:
>From what camel dost the cavern fall?
From the pink camel, of course. Yeesh.
Which is, of course, the exact message I sent.
A partial dhasi system is no better than mbox, but no worse. A completely
dhasi system is much better, and if we want a completely dhasi system, we
can't be afraid to leave mbox.
What a neat word, dhasi.
Have fun,
Avery
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