[Mailman-Developers] 2.0.x qrunner bug (bad one)

[Jason R. Mastaler]

barry@zope.com (Barry A. Warsaw) writes:

> The only argument I'd make is that the standards are really geared
> toward cooperation of alien systems, i.e. two unrelated processes
> that need to exchange mail messages.  In Mailman's case, an argument
> can be made that it and its MTA are working in tandem to perform a
> function.

That would be a practical and reasonable argument.  Some criticize djb
for interpreting the RFCs too literally.

> OTOH, I can't and won't really argue this point much, because I also
> feel that Mailman should comply with the appropriate standards, so
> adding the Date: header for internally generated messages is really
> the right thing to do anyway.

Indeed.

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