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[Gen-art] Review: draft-klensin-smtp-521code-05.txt

"Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com> Fri, 13 March 2015 00:06 UTC

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Subject: [Gen-art] Review: draft-klensin-smtp-521code-05.txt
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I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on
Gen-ART, please see the FAQ at

<http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>.

Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments
you may receive.

Document: draft-klensin-smtp-521code-05.txt
     SMTP 521 and 556 Reply Codes
Reviewer: Joel M. Halpern
Review Date: 12-March-2015
IETF LC End Date: 2-April-2015
IESG Telechat date: 9-April-2015

Summary: This document is ready for publication as a Proposed Standard.

Major issues:

Minor issues:
     The description of the 556 reply code in section 4 seems to switch 
between refering to the generating entity as a client and as a sesrver. 
  I presume this is because the actual sitaution is an SMTP server is 
trying to pass information onwards, and in that onwards direction it is 
a client which.  But it is still confusing for an SMTP client to make a 
determination and then an SMTP server which is apparently the same 
entity to generate the rror code to some other SMPT client.

Nits/editorial comments:

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