Re: mail does bounce (was: Customers down?)

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Sun, 02 January 2000, Owen DeLong wrote:
> I don't even assume that anyone elses mail system works, let
> alone that it works this way, or even complies with the RFC's.
>
> There's way too much MicroSoft stuff out there to believe
> any of that.  I merely purport that the above is BCP.

Could you point me to a written Best Common Practice which says
this?  Or is it simply one of those assumptions people like to make?
The problem with assumptions is they work great, until someone
makes a different one.