🚀 go-pugleaf

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.

It does also suggest using MIME on news^^

> This news post is fully RFC1036 compliant.

This one might be.^^

Nyk
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