At 12:56 PM 6/19/00 -0700, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >>Now the final question, will OpenSRS let the server accept those
> >>addresses? I believe that someone already said yes, but I may be
> >>wrong.
>
>DJB> If they do, then the server should be corrected. A domain-registrar
>should
>DJB> not be playing "fast and loose" with standards. If you want to play fast
>DJB> and loose, that's your business, but the data that a domain registrar is
>DJB> presenting to the Internet should ALWAYS abide by that Internet's
>DJB> established standards, and that means following RFC822 to the letter.
>
>When you get all the registrars to do that, this might be a valid
>point. Until then, it places us RSPs at a disadvantage.
Sorry, I don't see where "obeying the standard" is a disadvantage.
You could point out that "The reason you're going with us as a registrar is
because - unlike other registrars such as NSI - we actually have a
committment to interoperability and standards compliance and not just the
almighty dollar. Let's get you set up the 'right way' and not just 'the NSI
way'".
D
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