🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <UvzsXCAnUzuwEAJ3@turnpike.com>
           richard@turnpike.com "Richard Clayton" writes:

>it is not an RFC, and you won't find it referenced in the Internet
>Drafts either (where you should also have looked!)

I gather (now) that they're on Demon as well (under mirrors somewhere),
I didm't know that before...

>Since you will know the difference between a STD and an RFC
>you will see that treating it "as an RFC" is almost to demean it :)

Are all STD's RFCs?  I don't remember any that aren't, but it's a long
time since I looked at the approval procedure...

>Everyone can reference it now. You would have to ask Henry Spencer for a
>definitive answer as to why it has not become an RFC yet; my impression
>is that he does not have the time to progress it, and there is the
>possibility that it may be overtaken by other events, given the interest
>in various mechanisms to make Usenet more "secure".

Well, "lack of time" is an answer with which I can sympathise!

BTW, since I see so much about Turnpike, what is it?  I assume it's more
than just another news/mail reader...

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