2003-09-25T16:20:46 Alun Jones: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bennett Todd [mailto:bet@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:30 AM > > > > Do all this canonicalization before the message hits your > > attachment type policy enforcement and malware scanner, so they only > > have to deal with the common forms that everybody handles the same. > > With the obvious disadvantage that we're all reduced to using the > lowest-common-subset of functionality. Absolutely. > Never mind inventing or supporting new features, or adding > international file naming support, in your new email client, > because the mail server will strip all of that out, anyway. I > don't think that's an appropriate answer. It's certainly not the appropriate answer for all settings. Outlaw people from receiving email on Windows, and we can do away with all this sludge. -Bennett
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