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Re: Compatibility wit Netnews (was I-D ACTION:draft-resnick-2822upd-01.txt)

2007-05-03 04:26:13

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 Philip Guenther <guenther+822(_at_)sendmail(_dot_)com> writes:

On Wed, 2 May 2007, Charles Lindsey wrote:
...
I should have added there that Netnews also expects to do all 
[message-id] comparisons case-sensitively.

Ah, now there's something that should be added in 2822bis: a statement 
that although message-ids use a syntax related to the syntax for 
mailboxes, they must be handled as case-sensitive, even the "looks like a 
domain" right-hand side.

+1

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