Re: [ietf-smtp] what's not a trace field

"John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Tue, 16 February 2021 00:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] what's not a trace field
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We are going in circles here.  I have no idea what point you're trying to 
make, and I see no chance of arriving at WG consensus.

R's,
John

On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, Dave Crocker wrote:

> On 2/15/2021 4:22 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
>> I was under the impressiom that our goal here was to document the 
>> long-standing existing practice of software that adds Delvered-To headers.
>> 
>> If that's not the case, we're wasting our time and we should abandon the 
>> draft now.
>
>
> John, you are some others have been tenaciously insisting that the document 
> use a term that has no normative value.
>
> Quite a bit earlier today, I offered revised text that eliminates use of the 
> term and, therefore, eliminates the source of this unnecessary controversy.
>
> Perhaps I missed it, but I haven't not seen anyone respond to that suggested 
> change, nor to otherwise explain why this bit of bikeshedding has been 
> necessary.
>
> If you are looking for something to abandon, that would be a more 
> constructive choice.
>
> d/
>
>

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