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Quoth Nyk TARR:

> Once upon a time in the land of demon.ip.support.amiga,
> Keith.Blakemore-Noble wrote:
> > On or around Sat, 07 Dec 96, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen is alledged to
> > have muttered something along the lines of -
> 
> RIL>> Den 16-Nov-96 10:30:18 skrev Petter Nilsen f=F8lgende om "8-bit on ma=
> il (w
> RIL>> Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1))":
> RIL>> 
> RIL>> > Anybody who has a mail gateway that isn't 8-bit clean these days sh=
> oul
> RIL>> > shot.  They _deserve_ to be broken.
> RIL>> 
> RIL>> Very well said. I can't believe there are still people who believe th=
> at
> RIL>> anything should be compatible with 7-bit. Wake up and smell the (8-bi=
> t) 
> 
> > I know.  I mean, imagine people being dumb enough to actually stick to
> > RFC1036.  How daft can they get?  We all know they should abandon the
> > STANDARDS, don't we?
> 
> > (Hint - read the bit that explicitly states that NNTP is a SEVEN-bit syst=
> em,
> > and that you cannot rely upon 8-bit working all the time.  Clear enough f=
> or
> > you?)
> 
> I like 'cannot rely on'; that usually means feel free to use, but
> don't presume it'll work everywhere.

Yes. As in, if your car had brakes which you couldn't rely on, you
probably wouldn't choose to drive anywhere at speed, because bad things
would happen.

> It does also suggest using MIME on news^^

To which the 8-bit brigade are vehemently opposed.

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