replying to the list

[John]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 10 April 2006 14:49, John wrote:
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>>If not, then its mailing lists should conform with the way the
>>email clients it ships actually work.
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> This is just plain wrong, there's even an RFC on it. RFCs define 
> standards that the internet works on.

Request For Comment?
A standard?

I thought they were standards when they became "STDs".