WG REVIEW: Detailed revision/update of messaging standards (drums)

Steve Coya <scoya@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Mon, 08 May 1995 15:23 UTC

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Subject: WG REVIEW: Detailed revision/update of messaging standards (drums)
Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 11:23:25 -0400
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From: Steve Coya <scoya@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
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A new Working Group has been proposed in the Applications Area of the
IETF. The attached charter is submitted for your review and comment.
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Chair(s):
     Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>

Applications Area Directors:
     John Klensin <Klensin@mail1.reston.mci.net>
     Harald Alvestrand <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>

Area Advisor:
     Harald Alvestrand <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>

Mailing lists:
     drums-request@cs.utk.edu           for subscription requests
     drums@cs.utk.edu                   for list submissions

Description of Working Group

     The goal of this working group is to develop and review revised
     versions of RFC 821 and RFC 822, incorporating the revisions in
     RFC 974, RFC 1123, and RFC 1651.

     In addition, the group will review other RFCs related to messaging,
     and determine the applicability of each of these to the future
     direction of the messaging in the Internet.  The group may choose
     to incorporate, deprecate, or write applicability statements
     for such documents, as necessary to produce a clear statement
     of requirements for overall interoperability of Internet electronic
     mail.

     The documents produced by the working group are intended to be
     submitted to the IESG for consideration as Internet Standards.

     Items appropriate for inclusion in documents produced by the
     working group include corrections, clarifications, and
     amplifications to reflect existing practice or to address
     problems which have been identified through experience with
     Internet mail protocols.  New functionality is expressly
     inappropriate.

Goals and Milestones:

     August 95:
	 Issue one or more internet-drafts which identify problems
	 with existing messaging documents, and propose solutions
	 to those problems when solutions can be identified.

     December 95:
	 Issue a first internet-draft of the revised SMTP document.

     March 96:
	 Issue a first internet-draft of the revised message format document.
	 Issue a second internet-draft of the revised SMTP document.

     July 96:
	 Issue a second internet-draft of the revised message format document.
	 Issue a third internet-draft of the revised SMTP document.

     October 96:
	 Issue a third internet-draft of the revised message format document.

     December 96:
	 Submit documents to IESG for approval.

WG REVIEW: Detailed revision/update of messaging … Steve Coya