Awesome! I've been running Internet mail servers since 1992 (back then it was via UUCP), I've read many of the relevant RFCs, and there's scary crap in here even I didn't know about...
There's a question around 37:00 about the validity of the emails on the "how many valid emails?" slide. Let me clarify: my answers are all correct as of 822. None of the things I call out as illegal were ever legal under 822. The bogus addresses there were not legal under 822 and therefore they need not be allowed now. The valid address was valid under 822, and therefore must still be considered valid -- even if undeliverable.
Awesome! I've been running Internet mail servers since 1992 (back then it was via UUCP), I've read many of the relevant RFCs, and there's scary crap in here even I didn't know about...
zerklang 4 months ago
Wow, you've managed to take a fairly deep dive into email, and make it entertaining. Too bad I can only click the like button once.
jsnprstn 4 months ago
There's a question around 37:00 about the validity of the emails on the "how many valid emails?" slide. Let me clarify: my answers are all correct as of 822. None of the things I call out as illegal were ever legal under 822. The bogus addresses there were not legal under 822 and therefore they need not be allowed now. The valid address was valid under 822, and therefore must still be considered valid -- even if undeliverable.
rjbs 4 months ago