Subj : Re: Easier solution?
To : Charles Cruden
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Wed Jan 01 2003 10:27 am
*** Quoting Charles Cruden from a message to All ***
CC> - May break older software.
CC> * The extent of the breakage is debatable. If it means an older maile
CC> contact that particular node, so much the better: it can't do IP anywa
CC> it does letter->number translation, that causes more of a problem, but
CC> IP# prefix should let the entries be screened out easily enough. Node
CC> segment processing software may complain about illegal characters in t
CC> field: that would need to be fixed. There are any number of other thi
CC> that probably should be fixed at the same time though.
This is the biggest problem so far with the idea. We don't have any automated
software for the RC/ZC levels to use (who need that due to their bigger job)
which can handle this.
Next up would be seeing if popular mailers can support it. That would be
mostly POTS types affected I think.
xxcarol
