Re: the dangers of April Fool's RFCs....

Eliot Lear <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:42:37 +0200
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Subject: Re: the dangers of April Fool's RFCs....
To: Bob Hinden <[email protected]>, Craig Partridge <[email protected]>
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 22.07.2026 21:31, Bob Hinden wrote:=
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I am waiting until RFC 6921 has this issue.

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    <p>That's already happened in drafts.</p>
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