----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu>
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:01:52 EST, Jay Ashworth said: > > > Ahem. Please quit confusing "the protocol" with "that small > > > segment of > > > the protocol we choose to allow/support on our network". > > > > Ahem. > > > > Please quit confusing "The Internet" with "my small edge network, > > which I interconnect with The Internet". > > Corporations use a different version of RFC5321 that's 30% shorter and > removes features they happen to not use? Or are they using the same > RFC5321, but simply not using all the features? Probably the latter. C'mon; this isn't *your* first rodeo, either. From the viewpoint of The Internet, *my edge router* is The Node -- as long as everything gets to there ok, it's nunya damn business what I do inside. Only what comes out. That's Why I Have A Router. Cheers, -- jra