IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: Email Subaddressing

Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@innosoft.com> Sat, 02 August 1997 01:58 UTC

Received: from cnri by ietf.org id aa12124; 1 Aug 97 21:58 EDT
Received: from mail.proper.com (mail.proper.com [206.86.127.224]) by cnri.reston.va.us (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTPid VAA05360; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 21:57:27 -0400 (EDT)
Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by mail.proper.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id SAA28626 for ietf-822-bks; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 18:27:04 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from THOR.INNOSOFT.COM (SYSTEM@THOR.INNOSOFT.COM [192.160.253.66]) by mail.proper.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA28622 for <ietf-822@imc.org>; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 18:27:00 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from eleanor.innosoft.com ("port 52970"@ELEANOR.INNOSOFT.COM) by INNOSOFT.COM (PMDF V5.1-8 #8694) with SMTP id <01ILXOCCJ6VY8WXF8Q@INNOSOFT.COM> for ietf-822@imc.org; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 18:30:03 PDT
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:31:54 -0700
From: Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@innosoft.com>
Subject: Re: Email Subaddressing
In-reply-to: <19970801221513.18919.qmail@koobera.math.uic.edu>
To: ietf-822@imc.org
Message-id: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970801183014.10897A-100000@eleanor.innosoft.com>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="US-ASCII"
Originator-Info: login-id=chris; server=thor.innosoft.com
Sender: owner-ietf-822@imc.org
Precedence: bulk

On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
> What does this mean? What is an ``entity''? Why is this rule necessary?
> 
> More importantly, that rule is inconsistent with reality. There are
> a+b@host and a+c@host addresses that are _not_ the same entity.

The important point here is that a@host controls where mail to a+b@host
and a+c@host is routed.  That's what I mean by subaddress as distinct from
a simple naming hierarchy.

		- Chris

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email