Re: [apps-discuss] Slash and version number in Authentication-results: header field

[Dave Cridland <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Dave Cridland <[e-mail]> wrote:

> You know, as I think about this, my key question is why remove it?
>
>
Alexey pointed out I was being unclear. I meant removal of the header, as
in this paragraph from the draft:

 "An MTA SHOULD remove any instance of this header field bearing a
   version (express or implied) that it does not support."


> If that's not essential, then we can just have future versions use a
> different header field name, so instead of:
>
> Authentication-Results: example.org/2 [...]
>
> We have:
>
> Authentication-Results-2: example.org [...]
>
> A simplistic M*A might be confused by the presence of the first, but
> surely would simply ignore the presence of the second form?
>
> Dave
>