RE: Anyone using QtmmSendEmail... a favor... :)

Well said.

I am still trying to figure out why anyone would ever NEED! A 64 character
email address in the first place.

I can think of no situation when you would ever need to do that, that a
shorter pseudonym couldn't be used instead.





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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Krebs
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:53 AM
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Subject: Re: Anyone using QtmmSendEmail... a favor... :)

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Brad said...
I have found that IBM is a real stickler for RFCs and rules, much more than
any other entity.  That can be a good thing, but when it doesn't mesh with
the rest of the world, it can be a problem.  So I'm not sure if I like it or
not... lol
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Just a side comment <rant> to the thread...

Writing to the standards is actually the right thing to do. Writing a
standards based program that is not based on standards is wrong. It just is
irritating to have to deal with those exceptions and can lead to issues we
shouldn't have to deal with.

How many times over the years do we have to make exceptions for "poorly
written" code that should be a no brainer because someone decided not to
follow "the rules". Recently we dealt with a windows print driver that
didn't use the usual windows print driver subsystem. Why? and Yikes! Over in
HTTP land, Scott has had to code "exceptions" to the rules to accommodate
"poorly written" servers.


I understand extending functionality to gain an advantage but is it really
necessary or warranted? What happens when someone creates an email address
that is longer than the RFC? Does it work everywhere? The obvious answer is
no. Besides, what is the point of the standard if it is ignored?

Can you imagine the chaos if some ISP decided they needed a fifth octet in
the IP address and just started supporting 192.168.1.1.1? Internal to their
network, maybe they could make it work great but how in the heck would the
rest of the internet deal with that?
</rant>
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