Another New Feature Request

[Michael Lightfoot]

On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 10:14:40 -0800 (PST), Bill Wood wrote:

>
>Yes, Sir. I realize it's imbedded in the standards,
>software, and maybe, even, hardware, and it'd be a big
>deal to fix it (ie, the entire email problem). But my
>take is that the current email fabric does not work
>very well and sooner or later it will be fixed. With
>tens of millions of users becoming avid emailers, email
>must be idiot proof with all complexity totally
>invisible. It cannot, for example, depend on everyone
>following some obscure 'netiquette'.
>
Congratulations!  You have just elected yourself convenor of a
committee to overhaul RFC823, etc.  All you have to do now is obtain
the permission of the IETF to get on with it.

And I'm absolutely serious.  This is what Internet standards processes
are all about - if you don't like something, then get stuck in and fix
it.  You have merely to follow the correct procedure to obtain
consensus.

BTW, netiquette also states that you should not overquote in your
replies.  ;-)

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