Re: "Header Reordering", yet again

ned+ietf-smtp(_at_)mrochek(_dot_)com writes:
> Reordering fields of different types relative to each other is another 
> matter. Our MTA does this routinely - the facility we provide for 
> this is heavily used. The reason is that there are lots of things out 
> there which are order-sensitive in one way or another.
Could you give a few examples? Why do your customers use this heavily?

> Of course these things are broken, but when we're talking about 
> breakage in very popular systems saying they should behave this way 
> is a waste of time.
Well, yes and no... I suppose expecting it to stop is futile, but 
talking about breakage may have other beneficial results. For a start, 
Bruce Lilly will post the URL to your elaboration next time we have the 
same thread ;)
Arnt