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This is totally ridiculous.
Actually, no.
The document you reference is a long attempt at rationalizing why we shouldn't bother to try to make mail systems Do The Right Thing.
The document references a lot of experience that was obtained the hard way, where we found that certain types of behaviour on the part of mailing lists caused extreme problems for various users.
Unless you have contrary experience and can prove that the entire rest of the Internet no longer functions in this way, I would encourage you to listen to this wisdom.
The tool should fit the job and not the other way around.
In an ideal world, yes. However, this is the real world.
The next thing you're goint to tell me is that we should train computer users to not use spaces in file names, because "it makes things hard for the IT guys."
What if using spaces in file names meant that you could never, ever access that file again? Wouldn't you be pretty upset if someone kept sending you these files with long filenames and spaces in them? What if your OS vendor was the dominant one on the planet, with greater than 90% share of the market, and they did whatever the hell they pleased and didn't give a damn about how many problems it might cause for you?
This is precisely the situation that many users find themselves in, when it comes to their incredibly badly broken mail systems.
Where possible, we should avoid going out of our way to make their life miserable.
It's 2004. Get over it.
This is the real world. Get over it.
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