Re: [ietf-smtp] draft-freed-smtp-limits

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 04 August 2023 21:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] draft-freed-smtp-limits
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It appears that John C Klensin  <john-ietf@jck.com> said:
>requirements for those registries.  So, unless we want LIMITs
>and its parameters to be unique among extensions, either I need
>to write some tricky text, or we need to create a normative
>reference to 5321bis (holding up publication of this), or the
>either long-promised revision to 8126 or the long-threatened
>update to it to include just that option (an I-D I started on
>two weeks ago when I noticed the "need to do something about
>this" note in 5321bis).   Thoughts?

I'd rather wait for 5321bis and then handle it normally.  Think
if it as another nudge to get 5321bis out the door.

I've implemented it as a plugin in my mail server (the obscure but
respectable mailfront.)  As you might expect, it wasn't hard.

R's,
John