Tuesday, December 05, 2006

HISTORICAL NOTE:

  Several of the mechanisms described in this set of
documents may seem somewhat strange or even baroque at first reading.
It is important to note that compatibility with existing standards
AND robustness across existing practice were two of the highest
priorities of the working group that developed this set of documents.
In particular, compatibility was always favored over elegance.

--RFC 2045

learn from history!!!!

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