>>>>> "RBAK" == Roger B A Klorese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RBAK> Nope. Mail to the -request mailbox MUST reach some administrative
RBAK> force, whether a human or software.
I don't believe that was the intent of the RFC. Otherwise they wouldn't
mention Majordomo and Listserv's particular addresses; they'd just say that
mail sent to -request has to go somewhere. But they go to the trouble of
mentioning that software siting somewhere other than -request is the
problem that they're trying to solve, which strongly implies that they want
the software at -request.
However, I believe that given enough flexibility you can read it either
way, which makes the situation even worse. The only solution is to ask
those who wrote the RFC, and even then it doesn't become instantly
clarified. How did this thing even make it past draft status, anyway? I
don't recall any mention of it here or anywhere else.
RBAK> The software does NOT have to listen on that address.
I believe that is the intention of the section. (Which frankly I don't
agree with, which is why I want the thing clarified. But until it is, I
will write software that automatically sits at -request.)
- J<
