Folks,
We have finally posted the initial, honest-to-goodness specification
of BATV. It is much more constrained that the "description" that I
posted some time ago, but it also is complete, qualifying as a
specification.
Abstract
The envelope of Internet mail contains an RFC2821.MailFrom command,
which may supply an address to be used as the recipient of
transmission and delivery notices about the original message.
Existing Internet mail permits unauthorized use of addresses in the
MailFrom command, causing notices to be sent to unwitting and
unwilling recipients. Bounce Address Tag Validation (BATV) defines
an extensible mechanism for validating the MailFrom address. It also
defines an initial use of that mechanism which requires no
administrative overhead and no global implementation.
In case you simply cannot wait for the Internet-Draft folks to
announce it, you can find it at:
<http://brandenburg.com/CSV/draft-levine-mass-batv-00.html>
<http://brandenburg.com/CSV/draft-levine-mass-batv-00.txt>
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Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker(_at_)brandenburg(_dot_)com>
Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com>
Sunnyvale, CA USA <tel: +1.408.246.8253>; <fax: +1.408.850.1850>