Hi,
As one of those RSP's and "users" who likes the idea of being able to use
.@eg.com,
does anyone know where one can submit suggestions to the body that has
established RFC822 ?
regards,
Josh Melamed
shwa@swerve.com
> From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:00:52 -0700
> To: "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
> Cc: Mark Collette <mark@hyperbyte.ab.ca>, discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: Re[4]: "." before the "@"
>
> 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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