From: Greg Minshall <minshall@umich.edu>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>,
emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Bastien Guerry <bzg@fsf.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] list.orgmode.org managed to parse a message in future: 2023-10-29 [9.6.1 (release_9.6.1-223-gc8d20d @ /home/yantar92/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)]
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 21:41:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2526494.1675622464@archlinux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y9zySvjbaxen0nUH@protected.localdomain>
Jean Louis,
> Why did mailing list accept message from far future? It should not be
> so, that is bug to be reported.
there's an old internet adage to help achieve interoperability
(attributed to the late Jon Postel): be liberal in what you accept, and
conservative in what you send.
so, i wouldn't blame mail services for accepting mail with odd dates.
but, i would question MUAs (like mh-e, mutt, etc., i guess) that allow
one to send e-mail with odd dates. (i mean, i guess if the person
stands on their head and swears up and down that they mean to do it,
... :)
cheers, Greg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-05 18:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-03 10:55 [BUG] list.orgmode.org managed to parse a message in future: 2023-10-29 [9.6.1 (release_9.6.1-223-gc8d20d @ /home/yantar92/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)] Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-03 11:38 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-05 18:41 ` Greg Minshall [this message]
2023-02-07 18:57 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-10 11:06 ` Greg Minshall
2023-02-04 16:02 ` Max Nikulin
2023-02-04 17:32 ` future value for Date header can pin thread to top of $inbox/ " Kyle Meyer
2023-02-04 17:37 ` [BUG] " Kyle Meyer
2023-02-04 21:42 ` Kyle Meyer
2023-02-05 15:11 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 10:12 ` Ihor Radchenko
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