On 3/19/13 4:19 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote: > I want my badge on a shiny embossed metal plate with the words > "protocol police" on it. Where do I have to apply? If memory serves, HP offered such a badge as Interop "schwag" in the late '80s. Another old timer, Erik Fair, actually kept his for a few years and then wrote a little ditty for RISKS about an email failure due to mishandling of SMTP. Protocol police indeed! Eliot [1] http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/11.66.html#subj2