Re: [NNTP] Tr: Last Call: draft-elie-nntp-list-additions (Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Additions to LIST Command) to Proposed Standard

Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:55:10 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.nntp
Organization The Eyrie
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Julien =C3=89LIE <[email protected]> writes:

> Thanks for your input on that subject.
> After having seen with Alexey, we're about to reword the paragraph
> as follows:

>      Similarly, it is not recommended to use a "%s" pattern rule for
>      the moderation submission template for two moderated newsgroups
>      whose names differ only by the case of their characters, because
>      email systems are frequently treating left-hand-side of email
>      addresses as case-sensitive.

> I hope it's fine for everyone.

I would replace "are frequently treating" with "frequently treat the".
Also, wouldn't it be good to sprinkle some RFC 2119 language in here?  I
think SHOULD NOT is warranted, since this will cause interoperability
problems.

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Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>