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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] pop3 before smtp
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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:26:32 +0200
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i thought the whole 7 bit deal was due to the IMP's.

the number of times i've gotten into shitfights over:

    it is a 7 bit transport -- period

i had a simpler vision of ESMTP, ages ago; you just say with HELO
or something to say 'will you talk 8 bit'?  if the answer is 'no way'
you return the mail.  this way it would track the braindamage and
force the 7-bitters to go to 8 bits.  no 4 MIME docs, no zillion
lines of code.

i suggested it to vix, but he wasn't convinced.