Re: [ietf-smtp] New Version Notification for draft-crocker-email-deliveredto-00.txt

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Mon, 15 February 2021 01:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] New Version Notification for draft-crocker-email-deliveredto-00.txt
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In article <7491fa02-aafd-524c-db7a-b3deab8161b1@dcrocker.net> you write:
>I think that calling Delivered-To: a 'trace' header field ties it to 
>this model in ways that aren't appropriate. And it isn't the above model 
>that should change.

>
>So while Delivered-to: is similar to an SMTP trace field, it isn't 
>actually an example of one.  The fact that it is an MDA-generated field 
>rather than an MTA-generated one further justifies breaking this linkage.

Before we commence fighting, would you call Resent-<whatever> traace
fields? They sure look to me like they are, added at the top when
something happens to the message, even though they're added by the
MUA.

R's,
John