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Re: RFC 2047 and gatewaying

2003-01-15 05:13:05

In <71136108944(_dot_)20030114085539(_at_)brandenburg(_dot_)com> Dave Crocker 
<dcrocker(_at_)brandenburg(_dot_)com> writes:

You are probably right, but you are not understanding the religion.

The religion is called "protect the installed base and do upgrades at the
edges rather than the infrastructure whenever possible".

Yes, if you regard Usenet as being "at the edges" of email, then that is
what Usefor is trying to do. And it that makes the edges/interfaces more
complex in the short term, then that may be a price worth paying. Anyway,
that is the conclusion that the Usefor WG came to.

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