On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Mark,
>
> Monday, June 19, 2000, 10:11:56 AM, you wrote:
>
>
> MC> When tech illiterate joe gets himself a shiny new email address and wants
> MC> a shiny new domain as well, he might go to you for that domain. You
> MC> configure your system to ignore the standards, since you want the
> MC> business. When "it doesn't work" it will of course be your fault, at least
> MC> in joe's eyes. Have fun helping him configure Netscape or Outlook Express,
> MC> or any other software that has _nothing_ to do with domains.
>
> MC> Personally, I don't want to waste my time when everything breaks because
> MC> we don't conform to the RFC. Sometimes it's better to have less business.
>
> Fine, then you can add additional sanity checking that conforms to
> your narrow view of what should or should not be accepted, and the
> system can be set to accept a lower standard for those of us that
> choose to implement it.
>
> Bottom line, it can be both ways. You want to hold yourself and your
> customers to a higher standard, you are still free to do so, without
> forcing your view on the rest of us.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:william@userfriendly.com
I would expect every serious system admin here to know why we adhere to
standards, and not just think that this is somehow an exception.
Ignoring that little detail, your arguement is sound, but I don't
like the idea of me having to do more work to return to a state that we
had already attained.
Mark Collette
hyperbyte inc.
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