In <20040823114511(_dot_)173b4589(_dot_)moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu>
Keith Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:
But it is too pessimistic to predict that they will not be used/generated
correctly. Why ever not?
because such distinctions are only rarely recognzied by existing
mbox-reading software - and are of even less consequence to humans.
But we are not talking about existing mbox-reading software (which is
either tailored to some particular mbox format, or else tries to cover the
most general case it can imagine).
We are talking about a new application type, which we presume some people
will write new software to generate/accept (otherwise there is little
point in having the application type).
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