On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 07:00:06PM -0500, Radu Hociung wrote:
I think we need to define two levels:
minimum requirement = "no one stops validating after less than X"
max recommendation = "probably no-one does more than Y queries"
For any set of values where X != Y:
This is where the unreliability of email starts.
Seriously: I think there should be no "min" and "max" limit.
There should be a specification; no less no more.
If there is a gray area, people _will_ end up in there.
Then the publisher is right (X < number of records <= Y)
and the recipient domain is also right (number of records
is above the domain's limit (X <= limit < Y)
"Hey Mister, you said I could have $foo records according to
the spec ?!?" `Yes, that's correct but they are allowed to
check no more than $(foo-1) so your record doesn't work in
this specific case'
Try that to explain...
Alex