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From: djb@koobera.math.uic.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: re PIPELINING

> Trust is built on civility and respect for others' opinions.

A mail system is built on absolute reliability.

The first thing I noticed in the DRUMS spec was a disastrous proposal
for a 5yz error code ``since nothing temporary is happening.'' THIS
INCORRECTLY BOUNCES MAIL.

The second thing I noticed was a disastrous proposal to do loop
detection by checking for the domain name in Received fields. THIS
INCORRECTLY BOUNCES MAIL.

If you people want respect, you're going to have to display some
technical competence. I am not going to sit by and watch you fuck up
mail delivery for the entire Internet.

---Dan