They are getting more and more esoteric year after year. And less funny.
April FAIL as IETF's funny-but-dodgy draft doc arrives a week early
The Internet Engineering Task Force has a long and honourable tradition of April Fool's jokes, but to The Register's knowledge, this is a first: an April 1 document published ahead of time. Although this pre-RFC internet draft, titled "The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch," was submitted by a one Ronald Tse, the alleged author is …
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Monday 26th March 2018 10:58 GMT Dave 126
Yugoslavia was the first overseas country to buy Monty Python's Flying Circus, if you don't count Pakistan who bought it by mistake thinking there would be elephants and clowns.
Source: Micheal Palin
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/australia-day-monty-python-special/3285508
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Monday 26th March 2018 12:44 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Released early?
Or:
Arthur: We've released the draft online - what happens next Sir Bedevere?
Sir Bedevere: Well, when people read it we say "April Fool"
Arhur: But it's still March
Sir Bedevere: Oh ... well ... I've another idea we could use about a challenge/response protocol for the Bridge of Doom
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Monday 26th March 2018 13:23 GMT phuzz
Who's fault?
There's SPF records from 2014, and DKIM from 2011, but it's up to providers to actually implement them.
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Wednesday 28th March 2018 02:08 GMT Yes Me
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Dear El Reg,
Official April 1st RFCs come out on April 1st a.m. (in a US time zone). Their preliminary drafts are never published on March 23rd or any other date. It's the one part of the RFC Editor's process that is kept secret and obscure.
Sometimes people who don't understand this publish joke drafts - anybody can do that, since the IETF is open to all.
Occsionally, people publish joke drafts on April 1st itself, but those are still unofficial.
None of the above is a joke. There's no icon for 'not a joke'.