The 220 message, as Jon had recommended in his seminal RFC, is used when one mail program connects to another on the SMTP port. Yet, every time the connection is made, a prayer for Jon is sent upwards. It seemed like a fitting tribute to a man who shunned the limelight, who wanted only to make the Internet and the world under it a better place.
— An Internet Prayer Wheel for Jon Postel.
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