From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: Mule-begot problems
Date: 06 Jan 1998 20:12:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3iurw53cu.fsf@windlord.Stanford.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Stainless Steel Rat's message of 06 Jan 1998 23:02:05 -0500
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
>>>>>> "RA" == Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:
> RA> I don't believe the standard actually distinguishes between the local
> RA> delivery agent and the client; as soon as the mail is no longer being
> RA> transmitted via SMTP, I believe the standard is no longer relevant.
> Not as far as RFC 822 and its extensions are concerned. These are not
> SMTP standards but the standards that define what is valid in an
> Internet mail message, and they all say, "7-bit ASCII data".
My contention is that as soon as the message is undergoing local delivery,
it is no longer an Internet mail message.
> Besides, MTAs should not perform any modification to a message that is
> not strictly necessary to ensure proper delivery.
The delivery agent is not an MTA.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu) <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-01-07 4:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-06 20:12 Fabrice.Popineau
[not found] ` <x7d8i55pen.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-01-06 23:36 ` Jason L Tibbitts III
[not found] ` <x7d8i5tber.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-01-07 2:07 ` Russ Allbery
[not found] ` <x7zpl93paa.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-01-07 4:12 ` Russ Allbery [this message]
1998-01-07 5:14 ` Richard Coleman
1998-01-07 7:56 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-07 11:03 ` Kai Grossjohann
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1998-01-06 10:32 Jon Babcock
1998-01-06 13:28 ` Tore Olsen
1998-01-06 18:26 ` Jon Babcock
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