Re: "." before the "@"

From: Derek J. Balling (dredd@megacity.org)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 13:00:34 EDT


At 10:44 AM -0500 6/16/00, Lance Woodson wrote:
>Robert Rivers wrote:
>>
>> According to RFC 822, a "." before the "@" is incorrect
>> syntax.
>>
>> However, it's not a big deal and it's not going to break
>> anything so we will allow it in the next release.
>
>Let's set a precedent here and adhere to standards. A small change
>today might mean having to make a larger and more difficult change
>tomorrow just for the sake of trying to allow non-standard "fixes".
>
>Please rethink this decision.

Agreed. Microsoft's changes to Kerberos "are not a big deal" to them,
but they may be to other people. The standards are there for a
reason, so let's stick to them.

D



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