Re: Compatibility wit Netnews

Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:

>> 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)."
 
> +1. Proposed text: «It is RECOMMENDED to use only A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ".",
> "." and "/" on the left-hand side, and to make the left-hand side at
> most 64 characters long. Unusual but permitted syntax such as (for
> example) quoted-pairs are known to cause problems in some contexts.»

-1  

Where's the evidence that NO-WS-CTL is implemented AND interoperable ?
It's IMO harmful and a showstopper for DS.  It can't pass any gateway
to NetNews if used in Message-IDs.

Frank