[Mailman-Developers] Re: Bounce removal parameters default values

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Sep 26 17:10:35 EDT 2003


On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 12:36, J C Lawrence wrote:

> At its core this is an argument between pragmatism and principle.
> 
>   My principled side says that an alarming number of sites actually do
>   use content filters and that they are a reality of email life and we
>   should properly handle reality.

I would have thought this was the pragmatic side...

>   My pragmatic side says that content filters are inherently and
>   necessarily broken and like any other technical brain-damage,
>   shouldn't be accommodated.

...and this was the principled side. ;)

-Barry





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