Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-billon-expires-06.txt> (Updated Use of the Expires Message Header Field) to Proposed Standard

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Tue, 29 November 2022 18:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-billon-expires-06.txt> (Updated Use of the Expires Message Header Field) to Proposed Standard
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Hi Barry,

On 29/11/2022 17:58, Barry Leiba wrote:
> Thanks, Alexey.
>
> I'm really glad to head that you implemented it; that's good input.
> I'm curious: What does your client do when it encounters an expired
> message?

My webmail client shows time left to action certain messages or that a 
message is past its expiration date. It doesn't auto-delete/auto-hide 
expired messages.

Best Regards,

Alexey

> Barry
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 12:36 PM Alexey Melnikov
> <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> wrote:
>> On 29/11/2022 14:28, The IESG wrote:
>>
>>> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the
>>> following document: - 'Updated Use of the Expires Message Header Field'
>>>     <draft-billon-expires-06.txt> as Proposed Standard
>>>
>>> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
>>> comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
>>> last-call@ietf.org mailing lists by 2022-12-27. Exceptionally, comments may
>>> be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning
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>>>
>>> Abstract
>>>
>>>
>>>      This document allows broader use of the Expires message header field
>>>      for mail messages.  Message creators can then indicate when a message
>>>      sent becomes valueless and can safely be deleted, while recipients
>>>      would use the information to delete or ignore these valueless
>>>      messages.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The file can be obtained via
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-billon-expires/
>> I read the draft and I support its publication as an RFC. I implemented
>> the draft in a webmail client.
>>
>> I agree with Barry Leiba's review suggesting a better Introduction section.
>>
>> I only have a small nit:
>>
>> RFC 5322 defines syntax for the Date header field:
>>
>>      orig-date = "Date:" date-time CRLF
>>
>> Note the terminating CRLF.
>>
>> I suggest this document add CRLF to the end of
>>
>>      expires = "Expires" ":" date-time
>>
>> to match.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Alexey