[marf] Section 1.1 (was: Require body?

[Alessandro Vesely <[e-mail]>]

On 15/Apr/10 19:56, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> Actually I don't like the current format of 1.1, now that you mention it.
>
> How's this?
>
>                          <t>  The reports defined in this document are intended
>                              to inform operators about:

Since the previous section is fairly generic, IMHO this should be more 
specific, e.g. "mail operators", or "mailbox providers and email 
service providers".

>
>                              <list style="symbols">
>                                  <t>  email abuse originating from their
>                                      networks;</t>
>
>                                  <t>  potential issues with the perceived
>                                      quality of outbound mail, such as email
>                                      service providers sending mail in a format
>                                      that causes automated abuse detection
>                                      systems to consider it suspect.</t>

IMHO this may be less specific, so as to broaden the class of 
exemplified uses; e.g. "such as email service providers sending mail 
that causes problems with abuse detection systems."

>                              </list>  </t>


Do you mean to drop the last paragraph ("Please note [...] and SHOULD 
NOT be used for other reports.")?

It is still unclear whether this section is meant to also cover future 
extensions. I don't think we want to limit possible uses of ARF. 
However, we may inform about alternative formats for reporting email 
messages: rfc3462 for end users, and the upcoming 
draft-cain-post-inch-phishingextns for network providers. Adding such 
information may identify by exclusion our niche of treatable abuses 
that are neither delivery errors nor manifest attacks.