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Re: [apps-discuss] The authentication server id, was rfc5451bis

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Wed, 27 March 2013 19:47 UTC

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:46:58 -0000
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>Ok, that is starting to make some sense.  Maybe it's me, but reading
>RFC 5451 as well as its bis I had the false impression that the spec
>not only allows but even encourages such practice.  I'll try and
>suggest an alternative text at the bottom.

As far as I'm aware, nobody else has read it that way.  When I read
the text, it's clear that it's a stable identifier to let systems
recognize their own A-R headers.

>NEW
> For security reasons, any MTA conforming to this specification MUST
> remove or rename

Definitely not.

R's,
John

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