[yam] deployment of 8BITMIME?

[Tony Hansen <[e-mail]>]

Some of us have been having a side conversation about interoperability 
reports and deployment reports.

There's a point that John and Dave have been making that I think needs 
to be re-stated again:

When you're looking at the PS => DS stage, you're concerned with 
interoperability, that is, "how well do different implementations of the 
protocol get along with each other?".

But in the DS => FS stage, you're concerned with deployment, that is, 
"how far reaching has this protocol become?"

YAM really needs to be looking at the deployment of the standards.

Dave's latest pre-evaluation draft for RFC 1652 8BITMIME has this text 
in it:

       In the 15 years since publication, this specification has become
       an integral part of all professional SMTP software products and is
       widely supported [[and used?]] in Internet Mail operations.  There
       are no RFC Errata on this specification.

I'd like us to expand on this. It would be useful if members of the YAM 
working group can offer your first-hand knowledge of the deployment and 
use of the 8BITMIME option.

To start the ball rolling, I'll offer this as part of a "deployment report":

	AT&T's in-house MTA used in our ISP services, Maillennium, has
	had 8BITMIME deployed for about 12 years.

Please add to this list.

	Tony Hansen
	[e-mail]