Another protocol proposed as a replacement for SMTP has been published
recently (Internet Draft at
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-weinman-amtp-00.txt), see website
(http://amtp.bw.org/) and SlashDot article
(http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/01/0253216.shtml).
This protocol called AMTP, not to be confused with "Advanced Mail Transfer
Protocol"
(http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-danisch-email-mtp-00.txt), "
uses TLS (like SSL for web servers) to create a trusted relationship
between entities operating Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs, i.e., servers and
clients). AMTP also provides a mechanism to publish concisely-defined
policies. This allows the parties in the trusted relationship to hold each
other responsible for operating their servers within the constraints of
agreed-upon rules. "
The "policy" option of the protocol sounds like the consent framework.
Yakov
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