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Too loose for what though? To make it more useful as a communication format or to make it easier for developers to validate it? It's hard to believe that a tigh

Too loose for what though? To make it more useful as a communication format or to make it easier for developers to validate it? It's hard to believe that a tighter spec could have improved the former.

tomjen3 16y ago
Well for starters, why do you need to put comments in your email? That can't be used to make it more useful as a communications format.
- petenixey 16y ago
  I'm afraid I don't understand your question
  - thwarted 16y ago
    Then you are unfamiliar with email address formats, which have a specific formatting that allows for "comments", and it is kind of hairy.
Tichy 16y ago
For one thing it is easier to implement if it is more limited. This should help the client and server developers. Right now email software often seems to be quite complex.