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[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Owen,

> I used to write email software for a living, including RFC-822 etc.
> The golden rule was "be conservative in what you originate, and
> generous in what you accept".

That's out of date these days.  It was from the cuddly world where
passwords were sent in plain text over daisy-chained networking
connections where anyone could eavesdrop.  There's even an old RFC on
what's wrong with it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
By not rigorously checking every bit complies, one is increasing the
surface area of attack, either at that site, or downstream.

Cheers, Ralph.