Re: [Emailcore] Delivered-To issues

John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Sun, 03 January 2021 00:37 UTC

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--On Saturday, January 2, 2021 21:56 +0000 Jeremy Harris
<jgh@wizmail.org> wrote:

>> Should we be defining both, making it clear that they are
>> different, and then making whatever recommendations seem
>> appropriate about which one (or both) should be provided?
> 
> I agree that Envelope-To: and Delivered-To: are different.
> 
> I'm not convinced that this document is the right place
> for either.  I guess there's a benefit in writing down the
> definitions somewhere; the cost is "only" cruft that
> obscures the minimum requirements for implementing an MTA.

My understand was that we had gotten to "separate document", or
at least "not in 5321bis" some day ago.  I hope that is the case
and that the perceived agreement holds.

best,
   john