Fwd: Re: formatting and addresses - Hodges

[Darin McBride]

On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 10:49:05 +0100, Paul Hodges wrote:

>The standard explicitly says that implementations must be able to
>receive this length but "must not send" longer, but the next sentence
>(in capitals, and repeated lower down) urges that implementation
>techniques should be used that do not inherently force this
>limitation.  This qualification implies a desire to remove the
>(strictly mandatory) limitation of the previous sentence, but nothing
>has apparently been done about it.

The qualification states to me the normal internet standard: be
conservative in what you send, and liberal in what you receive.  Normal
stability requirements.