- From: Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:15:10 -0400
- To: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
- cc: Eric Brunner-Williams <wampum@maine.rr.com>, discuss@apps.ietf.org
Well thanks for the boost Keith, I can put that next to my James Seng (idn@ops.ietf.org) note comparing me to Jeff Williams and depositing my address in his killfile, or my Gordon Cook (nanog@merit.edu) note also depositing my address in his killfile after discoursing on my ancestry or ... Do you have anything other than attitude to share concerning the requirements for header processing? Concerning an implementation of (sendmail) the requirements for header processing? Concering MTAs generally and 8-bit processing? Do you have anything other than attitude to share concerning the process for making progress upon a set of problems Leslie suggested in rfc2825? There really has to be more to list interaction than pissing distance contests, and so much, much more to seniority and experience than shallow curmudgeonery. In November of 1981, five years before I got to the point of reading the work-product of the IETF, Jon wrote during an earlier moment of profound change that: As with all new systems, there will be some aspects which are not as robust and efficient as we would like (just as with the initial ARPANET). But with your help, these problems can be solved and we can move into an environment with significantly broader communication services. I _know_ who Jon was addressing, who he expected to help, it was who we were then, and now. Put the "you are an idiot" in all of its vitriolic variations in private mail, or in discuss@apps.ietf.org, but _please_ put technical content in discuss@apps.ietf.org -- the subject might be more important than anyone's ego or claim-2-clue. Cheers, Eric
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