On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:31:58PM -0000, Nigel Swinson wrote:
It feels like what was discussed in these threads has been forgotten:
http://www.imc.org/ietf-mta-filters/mail-archive/msg09483.html
http://www.imc.org/ietf-mta-filters/mail-archive/msg10008.html
Sorry, I wasn't here for that.
Specifically:
"This makes it sound like there are hard and fast rules between user status
notifications and the setting of the priority parameter, yet the discussion
is very brief and doesn't elaborate to rigorously define all those rules. I
also feel uneasy about adding syntax that permits only 3 levels of priority.
I think we should either drop the parameter, or extend it to allow an almost
arbitrary number and style of priority statuses, even if we only define 3 for
now. I'm thinking of the Priority/X-Priority/X-MSMail-Priority mess in mail
headers. I'd suggest a string which could be used with the relational draft
to do numeric comparisons if desired."
What are the use cases for priorities other than those in RFC 1327?
Sure, infinite priority gradations sound appealing in theory, but what
will they really be used for?
Peter