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From: pv@SUN.COM (Peter Vanderbilt)
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Subject: Fw: Re: Space mapping and Appendix A
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Date: 17 Jul 89 17:24:51 GMT
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On the Appendix A map:

>  There is a problem, that some nets (and in particular UUCP) need this
>  mapping, as they cannot support the quoted-string encoding in
>  addresses.  It would be better solved at the RFC 822/UUCP boundary, ...

Unfortunately this problem is more widespread than just UUCP.  Lack of
support for the Appendix A mapping would lead to serious
interoperability problems.

In my opinion, 987 implementations must support this mapping.

Pete