Re: request discussion of two documents on SMTP relaying

Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Thu, 16 June 2005 20:49 UTC

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>    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...

I do intend to try to reconcile my document with 2476bis, at least to
some degree.

>From a quick reading of 2476bis I have some issues with it (and I am
sorry I missed the Last Call), but I want to reread it to see if I like
the wording better on the second pass, and before proposing any
clarifications or fixes.

Keith