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[Last-Call] Re: [Emailcore] Re: draft-ietf-emailcore-as-28 ietf last call Secdir review

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 01 July 2026 23:42 UTC

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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:38:45 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx>
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 01:24:08PM -1000, Richard Barnes wrote:
> The security-oriented people in this discussion are not saying that the

Speak for yourself.  What am I, if not a "security-oriented" person?

> document needs to say "You MUST require encryption".  We are saying that
> the document should NOT say "You MUST accept unencrypted mail".  We are not
> proposing adding any requirement.  (I expect we agree that that would be
> futile.)  We are proposing removing a requirement that is in the document
> now.

That is NOT what the Internet-Draft says.  It says that implementations
"MUST be configurable to allow for receiving" unencrypted email.

Nico
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