Re: [ietf-smtp] [Uri-review] Registration request for smtp:// and submit:// URI schemes (draft-melnikov-smime-msa-to-mda-04)

[Bill McQuillan <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, 2014-03-31, Dave Thaler wrote:
> Alexey Melnikov wrote:
>> I am also registering submit:// URI
>> scheme, which is a similar URI schemes, but for designating Mail Submission
>> Agents.

> My understanding from your email and from a glance at
> draft-melnikov-smime-msa-to-mda is that the proposed "submit" scheme is
> not currently widely deployed, and hence the actual name is flexible.

> My feedback is that the name "submit" is not a good name for the proposed use.
> Specifically, RFC 4395 states:
>>   Avoid using names that are either very general purpose or associated
>>   in the community with some other application or protocol.

> There are many types of things you can "submit" (HTTP forms, etc.)
> and since the proposed use here is specific to specific to SMTP, it should
> not use a general purpose word like "submit" along.

> "smtpsubmit" or similar would be much more appropriate.

I hope that whichever keyword is used, it is clearly 
distinguished from "mailto".

I know I'm a bit confused about this proposal. Is "submit"
intended to be a lower abstraction level? Or a replacement?


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Bill McQuillan <[e-mail]>