On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
: > >The -request convention has been around since the Arpanet. I remember
: > >seeing it back in 1979.
: >
: > Yes, and it pointed to a human person.
:
: Back then, yes. But it's clearly been understood for well over a decade
: that one can expect to find an agent of *some* kind -- either human or
: software -- at that address, which is capable of processing requests.
That's correct - and fortunately, in _my_ interpretation, this is all the
RFC dictates.
: Further, it's been clearly understood that IF an automated agent was
: present, that was where it could be found.
This has NEVER been "clearly understood," and is severely one-faceted. This
is UNRELATED to the statement you gave above.
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