Re: [ietf-smtp] why are we reinventing mta-sts ?

["Stan Kalisch" <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, at 1:30 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:55:19 +0530, Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan said:
> 
> > We both use a different demographic to define "end user" for MTA-STS. The
> > way you see it, an end user is a "mail server operator". The way I see it,
> > an end user is a "small business" who hosts their mails in a third party
> > mail service like Gmail. Configuring an HTTPS server is not going to be
> > easy for such small businesses.
> 
> The obvious answer is, of course, to write the proposal such that the https server
> can be outsourced the same way the email service was outsourced, and the DNS
> service was outsourced to a DNS hosting company.
> 
> There's an obvious business opportunity for hosting the email, the DNS, the http, and
> any other bits as one turnkey package.

That may be, but I do not think, however, that this addresses Viruthagiri's assertion about the cost being prohibitive for some in developing countries.


Thanks,
Stan