From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2008 - 15:27:00 CDT

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Chad Whitacre:
> Wietse,
>
> > A mis-understanding as in posting a patch that "corrects"
> > Postfix behavior without adequate justification.
> >
> > According to RFC 5312 section 2.3.5, SMTP uses the dot as
> > SEPARATOR not TERMINATOR in domain names.
>
> o I raised a legitimate issue. SMTP's use of "FQDN" is not
> widely known. Afaict, it was not even formally defined until
> RFC 5321 was published today--during our conversation.
>
> o I provided a patch.
>
> o I apologized quickly for calling this behavior a bug.
>
> o I never used the word "corrects" or otherwise implied that
> Postfix has it wrong.
>
> o I accepted your and Noel's clarifications about the use of
> "FQDN" in SMTP.
>
> o I followed your advice in searching the IETF-SMTP list for
> more info.
>
> o I updated the Wikipedia article on FQDN's accordingly.
>
> o Here was my misunderstanding: I thought you posted the
> message about RFCs 5321 and 5322, and were asking me to
> cite these in the Wikipedia article. My fault, sorry.
>
> o I asked for help in finding the specific reference.
>
> o I found the reference myself.
>
> o I updated Wikipedia again.
>
>
> I'm human, I make mistakes, and I hope I apologize for them. But
> I'm not an idiot and I'm not malicious. I'm on your side. Don't
> you think you could lighten up a little?

I am enlighted, but this does not always come across in my
short responses.

        Wietse

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