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Re: [OT] (or not?) Did anyone tell Microsoft yet?

2002-04-24 16:30:10

Keith Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:

If you are referring to the QP in MIME headers; yes, add QP decoding of filename like strings in MIME headers. It increases interop alot even though it violates the standard.

the problem with this theory is that increasing local interoperablity may decrease global interoperability.

in short, if implementors accept too much brain damage then we sometimes find that we get stuck with it.

Agreed. OTOH, such considerations should go into the original design of protocols. Complex solutions have complex errors leading to interop failures. If the solution is simple, it is more likely that only simple errors occur. I'm afraid we'll get our share of complex errors when IDN start to make its way into mail and other infrastructure... The horrors, the horrors.