Because the relevant issue is most certainly how people use it. People use web browsers to read their email. Why is what the RFCs say important to this?
Because the discussion above was about email. A browser is not a mail client (as in MUA). Unless a browser implements the RFCs regarding email, it's only a web browser.
>How about email apps such as Gmail or Yahoo mail?
So the answer is: It doesn't matter as those are not email apps. They are email frontends for a service that implements mail. If people think differently - it's their wording, but still a wrong one.
So you're just spinning on the definition of "email"? As opposed to recognizing that a particular activity people do (which I call "using email" but maybe you have a different word for), is very often done using a web browser.
Why you'd think debating the semantics of the word "email" is relevant to the discussion is beyond me. It makes me almost wonder if you are attempting to parody a certain type of pedantic technical person.
What's "it"? "The relevant issue"?
Because the relevant issue is most certainly how people use it. People use web browsers to read their email. Why is what the RFCs say important to this?
Because the discussion above was about email. A browser is not a mail client (as in MUA). Unless a browser implements the RFCs regarding email, it's only a web browser.
>How about email apps such as Gmail or Yahoo mail?
So the answer is: It doesn't matter as those are not email apps. They are email frontends for a service that implements mail. If people think differently - it's their wording, but still a wrong one.
So you're just spinning on the definition of "email"? As opposed to recognizing that a particular activity people do (which I call "using email" but maybe you have a different word for), is very often done using a web browser.
Why you'd think debating the semantics of the word "email" is relevant to the discussion is beyond me. It makes me almost wonder if you are attempting to parody a certain type of pedantic technical person.
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