-=> On 06-01-04  16:07,  Alex Shakhaylo <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about International Coodin <=-

 DS>   I'd never really thought much about these things before, but this
 DS>   reading makes me wonder why some are saying that "all nodes must
 DS>   accept mail from all other nodes".  What say the rest of you?

 AS> This is a matter of a formal logic. If your system can accept mail
 AS> only from another system, which is fake, for examle, then your sysem
 AS> still can accept mail, but this still does't make sense for the
 AS> network. I'm afraid P4 writers thougth it to be so obviouse, that they
 AS> merely omitted the word 'from all'. Seems as if they were bad lawyers.

 AS> And now, to save a logic, we have to mentally add this 'from all' to
 AS> the phrase. And yes, it gives a way to a formally based
 AS> misunderstanding which is eagarly accepted by the people who like to
 AS> look for a cracks in the rules.

  So, your logic is that if we don't like the way that P4 reads -- we
  should add the words to make it read like we want it to be, instead of
  like it is?   Interesting!  And not very good logic either.

                        dale (at) min (dot) net
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