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0 pointsvel0city1mo ago0 comments

You should wear sunscreen to the beach. Its recommended as a good way to prevent sunburn. However, the beach police aren't going to come get you for not wearing it. You just might get a sunburn if you don't plan accordingly with other sun countermeasures.

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stdbrouw1mo ago

So if I send an email that lacks a feature that MUST be there, will the email police come get me? At a certain point, looking for an analogy stops making sense I think.

vel0cityOP1mo ago

I mean, kind of, yeah? If you're sending traffic that fails to meet the MUST requirements, you're probably going to be marked as malicious traffic and eventually wind up on spam/bot lists. If you fail to do the SHOULD things, you might find yourself in some odd edge cases of your peers and experience behavior you didn't expect.

ForHackernews1mo ago

It sounds like Google won't deliver your mails. Presumably they read the spec and are aware of the consequences.

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