Greg A. Woods wrote:
> If enough idiots break the error handling mechanisms of SMTP then
> Internet e-mail as we know it today will grind to a halt.
Wow, Greg resorting to hyperbole! Color me surprised. May I propose a
parallel to Godwin just for this list? Any and all conversations which
involve Greg Woods will eventually have him mention "Internet email as we know
it will grind to a halt!"
> I see the
> hints of this already with how "ordinary" people deal (or don't deal)
> with bounce messages and with how they fail to jump out-of-band
> themselves when necessary, and then how they hold the wrong parties
> accountable for the resulting real-world failures they suffer.
This has nothing to do with the matter at hand and everything to do with
the fact that said people refuse basic training. You can't RFC against stupidity.
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