Thank You Scott,
That was the point I was trying to get across. I believe that if IMail were
to create a work around for every issue it too would become bloated like
MS-Exchange. I think we need to start holding Eudora and Netscape's feet to
the fire.
-Jim
>From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Eudora
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:02:07 -0400
>
> > Eudora works fine with MS-EXCHANGE and Sendmail 8.10
> >
> > you draw the conclusions
>
>In reality, the problem is whoever can most easily be convinced to solve
>the
>problem. When you are dealing with client software and server software
>made
>by two different companies, it gets tricky. If one is following the RFCs
>correctly and the other isn't, the one that isn't following it *should* be
>the one to fix the problem.
>
>However, that isn't always the case. Sometimes, one program will do
>something wrong, and others will "copy" the mistake because they assume it
>is supposed to be that way. Then, it becomes a de-facto standard, and the
>one not breaking the RFC is the one that is wrong.
>
>I ran into this same problem a few years ago when there was a bug in IE
>that
>would become apparent to people using my software. Microsoft was in no
>hurry to fix the problem (I never even managed to find anyone there to
>report it to), so I had to "fix" my software to work around Microsoft's
>bug.
> -Scott
>
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