Re: Compatibility wit Netnews (was I-D ACTION:draft-resnick-2822upd-01.txt)

On 4/27/07 at 7:02 PM +0000, Charles Lindsey wrote:

>In <[email protected]> Frank Ellermann 
><[email protected]> writes:
>
>>For the <msg-id> I'd like to see a syntax also working in NetNews...
>
>Indeed, the Message-ID is the principal feature of RFC 2822 which 
>could not be incorporated into Netnews as it stood.

I had a look at the USEFOR doc, and given how complicated msg-id 
syntax still is, I can't say I'm terribly inclined to start adopting 
it. If USEFOR had come to consensus to completely remove the 
no-fold-quote construct, I'd be a little more inclined. But things 
like the "dot-doubling" worry me. (For example, as it stands, all of 
the following are still legal msg-ids under USEFOR:

"."@[]
".."@[]
"..."@[]
"...."@[]
"....."@[]
"......"@[]

I don't think that's so much of an improvement.) I'd rather stick 
with the liberal syntax for now, and maybe add a note that says, "You 
SHOULD be conservative in what you generate, as NO-WS-CTLs, 
quoted-pairs, and specials are known to cause heartburn in some 
environments (cf. USEFOR)."

pr
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