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Re: [ietf-smtp] draft-crocker-email-deliveredto

2021-08-01 22:22:02
On 8/1/2021 8:08 PM, John R Levine wrote:
See above.  The draft describes loop breaking as though it's hypothetical, which it is not.


'"One use can be for detecting a delivery sequence loop."


That's not the language of a hypothetical, John. That's a description of a use.

If the sentence were intended to suggest a hypothetical use, it might cast the use of possibly worth considering or might say that it might be used this way. Like the preceding sentence.(*)



d/


(*) https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-discuss-hypothetical-situations-in-english-4177287


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Dave Crocker
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