Re: request discussion of two documents on SMTP relaying

[John Leslie <[e-mail]>]

Keith Moore <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Some of you may not be aware (especially if you're not subscribed to the 
> IETF list) that there's a document in Last Call for BCP, 
> draft-hutzler-spamops-04, that makes recommendations for submission of 
> mail and relaying of mail between mail networks.
> 
> I don't believe that this document is written with either adequate 
> precision or accuracy, and frankly I didn't see any easy way to fix it 
> by making small changes to the text.  So n an attempt to produce better 
> language, I wrote my own draft of a document with similar scope, which 
> can be accessed at
> 
> http://www.cs.utk.edu/~moore/opinions/email-submission-recommendations.html

   I'm hesitant to spend much effort discussing until we have some idea
whether the IESG is inclined to approve draft-hutzler-spamops as it stands.

   Nonetheless, I have recently noticed that RFC2476 (Message Submission)
is being updated. Specifically, an I-D has been approved by the IESG and
forwarded to the rfc-editor:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gellens-submit-bis-02.txt

   I strongly recommend that folks read this carefully.

   Hopefully, nothing we might agree on will conflict with this RFC-to-be.
Alas, some folks have been posting things which strike me as not fully
consistent with the terminology of RFC 2476bis...

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John Leslie <[e-mail]>