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FactolSarinyesterday at 4:12 PM2 repliesview on HN

Google is rejecting it to ensure incoming messages aren't spam. SHOULD means "you should do this unless you have a really, really good reason not to." Do they have a good reason not to? It doesn't seem so, meaning Viva is in the wrong here.


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davoneusyesterday at 4:52 PM

No, SHOULD is defined in the RFC, not by colloquial usage. Google is on the wrong, regardless of their "safety" intent.

After all, linguistics is full with examples of words that are spelled the same, but have different meaning in different cultures. I'm glad the RFC spelled it out it for everyone.

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fmbbyesterday at 6:00 PM

Spam senders don’t have pseudorandom number generators?

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