On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, John Horne wrote:
> In the absence of a BCP (best current practice) with respect to this I would
> say that exim is not wrong in following the RFC. If so many other
> users/sites are allowing local parts which violate RFC 821 at present, then
> either we need to change the RFC (I gather this is actually in progress with
> respect to 821?)
Hollow laugh. There is a revised "821" on its way, but it is very
conservative in the opinion of many implementers.
> I'm just not too happy with exim doing something sendmail does when it
> doesn't seem to be in accordance with the RFC's or any BCP's currently
> available, and when it was allowed by exim, the not, and now is again.
> (Sorry Philip - not getting at you here :-) )
Oh dear. Perhaps I should document all the existing "violations", but
maybe you'd have a heart attack...
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