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<a href="http://example.com/" eudora="autourl">http://example.com/</a>
and
<a href="http://example.com/" eudora="autourl">http://example.com:80/</a>
.<br>
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If you type the second into IE you will get the page from the first. If
you were to use the second as your<br>
identity url, you couldn't even fetch it with
IE.</font></blockquote><br><br>
I agree with the argument that we should require strict identity <br>
(sorry, just having fun with words ... <br>
(that is a correct usage of 'identity'))<br>
I agree with the argument that we should require strict equality of
identifiers.<br><br>
But we do need to spend some time thinking about this special
case.<br><br>
If there is a product that does things its own way, we can all choose not
to use it. That's good.<br><br>
But when it is a product that most folks use, we need to make sure our
stuff works for those folks. We don't want anything happening that
appears to be confusing or mysterious.<br><br>
I'm not sure that there is really a problem in this particular
case. We need to look at this closely. <br><br>
Cordially, =joaquin<br><br>
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