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Re: [Nmh-workers] repl doesn't like return address

2015-08-31 13:12:10
Hi,

Lyndon wrote:
What Jon meant was "don't crash when your code encounters garbage
input," and was written in the context of the IMPs tipping over when
receiving invalid packets.  It *never* meant "second guess the
sender's intent and patch accordingly."

Right.  And ISTM an even worse idea to attempt that in today's world of
folks trying to exploit flaws.  If they can't follow our RFCs, we don't
want their emails!  ;-)

Cheers, Ralph.

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