Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, STARTTLS, AUTH EXTERNAL
John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Thu, 06 May 2010 15:38 UTC
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Subject: Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, STARTTLS, AUTH EXTERNAL
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--On Thursday, May 06, 2010 08:41 -0400 Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> wrote: > I think this is totally an issue with AUTH EXTERNAL and worth > mention in an update to that spec. However, I don't think it > directly affects 4409bis. > > Any other people's thoughts? Agreed. I think it would be a serious mistake to clutter 4409bis up with some of the details that have been suggested. Even at full standard, authentication details are best incorporated by reference to other documents than can be updated when or as necessary. Further, I share John Levine's dubiousness about the value of AUTH EXTERNAL, which may argue even further for isolating discussions about it and its relationships. john
- [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, STARTTLS,… Chris Newman
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… John R. Levine
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Tony Finch
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Tony Hansen
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Arnt Gulbrandsen
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… John R. Levine
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… John C Klensin
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… John C Klensin
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Chris Newman
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… John R. Levine
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… SM
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Ned Freed
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Tony Hansen
- Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, START… Arnt Gulbrandsen