Re: [VPIM] VPIM in the real world


Andrew Hobson (andrew.hobson@cbeyond.net)
23 Oct 2001 22:33:52 -0400


"Eric Burger" <eburger@snowshore.com> writes:

> It would be a tragedy if the IETF built a standard to work around a bug in a
> vendor's product.

What bug?

> 3. Get the offending vendor to comply with the standards

What standard? Please cite the relevant RFC.

As far as I know, the behavior exhibited by Outlook Express and mutt
when forwarding a message is standards conforming.

> It would be a tragedy if the IETF built a standard to work around a
> bug in a vendor's product.

It would be a tragedy if the IETF ignored currently deployed software
to the extent that interoperability suffers.

I think this is where I get off the bus.

Drew



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