Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-eddie!lum%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu From: lum%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (Lum Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: BITNET software Message-ID: <4017@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Aug-87 11:47:20 EDT Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.4017 Posted: Sun Aug 23 11:47:20 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Aug-87 00:05:25 EDT References: <2854@psuvax1.psu.edu> <3952@osu-eddie.UUCP> <2856@psuvax1.psu.edu> Sender: news@osu-eddie.UUCP Reply-To: lum%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (Lum Johnson) Distribution: world Organization: The Ohio State University, CIS Dept. Lines: 32 Keywords: UNIX, VMS, UREP, JNET, RSCS In <2856@psuvax1.psu.edu> ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) says: >In <3952@osu-eddie.UUCP> lum%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (I) said: >>In <2854@psuvax1.psu.edu> ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) said: >>> >>>Most reasonable mailer software is case insensitive [, as] required >>>by RFC822.... Unfortunately, IBM decided that host/user names must be >>>eight or less UPPER CASE characters.... >> >>TOPS-20 allows ... > >What an operating system allows and what RFC822 specifies many times are >not equivalent sets. It is usually hoped that the specification will be >flexible enough to encompass many different O/S's view of reality. Agreed, both should try to encompass at least common usage and historical necessity. The ARPANET is about fifteen years old; they've had more than enough time to make and correct all the mistakes one can reasonably make. TOPS is only the OS with which I am most familiar. >Many mailers do not seem to handle quoting correctly so this is usually >frowned apon. While '"This is a very weird address"@psuvax1.psu.edu' is >valid according to RFC822, I do not think the version of sendmail we run >here would be very happy with it. Indeed, I understand some BITNET software cannot handle addresses with "%" or quotes at all. Has this been properly implemented yet? I know of a site which could use this right about now. >--Dan Ehrlich -=- Lum Johnson lum[%osu-20]@ohio-state.arpa lum@{osu-eddie|osupyr}.uucp ..!cbosgd!osu-eddie[!{osu-20|osupyr|tut}]!lum