On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:44:44 -0600
"Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> wrote:
> They have been refuted, you simply choose not to accept that. We've
> been through this already. You simply choose to interpret things
> completely differently.
No, they have not. No one has refuted that having a client handling
multiple accounts is far simpler to setup than it is to try to wrestle a
smarthost MTA into sending to two different remote servers based on which
account the message is being sent from.
No one has refuted that there are times when sending to the wrong server
has ethical and legal ramifications.
No one has refuted that it is far simpler to setup an account in a mail
client and have all the mail separated out instead of relying upon filters.
The only thing you've done is discuss whether or not a mail client can
treat a 4xx like a 5xx and have shown that you consider "may" to be synonymous
with "must" even though the language has been codified in RFC2112.
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5. MAY This word, or the adjective "OPTIONAL", mean that an item is
truly optional. One vendor may choose to include the item because a
particular marketplace requires it or because the vendor feels that
it enhances the product while another vendor may omit the same item.
An implementation which does not include a particular option MUST be
prepared to interoperate with another implementation which does
include the option, though perhaps with reduced functionality. In the
same vein an implementation which does include a particular option
MUST be prepared to interoperate with another implementation which
does not include the option (except, of course, for the feature the
option provides.)
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...mean that an item is truly optional.
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4yz Transient Negative Completion reply
The command was not accepted, and the requested action did not
occur. However, the error condition is temporary and the action
may be requested again.
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"...may be requested again." As in "The option to request this action
again is TRULY OPTIONAL."
Just because you think it is "wrong" that a client doesn't make it wrong
according to the RFC. It is legal according to the RFC. It is accurate. It
is right. Now, again, if you want to refute that, cite your sources.
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