Henry Spencer <henry(_at_)spsystems(_dot_)net> writes:
That said, it would certainly be good to at least *reduce* the format
differences, if it can be done without serious installed-base impact on
either side. We news folks could certainly supply a wishlist of format
restrictions. Tightening up message-ID syntax is a big one, given how
crucial message IDs are to news handling, processing, display, etc., and
given that restrictions on them are already embedded in both our
software and our protocols.
Charles Lindsey already did a lot of excellent work in that regard before
the final publication of RFC 2822, and RFC 2822 already incorporates a lot
of the additional restrictions that news needed. There really aren't that
many left (it's a lovely change of pace to be able to easily summarize the
remaining header differences in a fairly short e-mail message).
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Russ Allbery (rra(_at_)stanford(_dot_)edu)
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