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Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-opes-architecture-00

2002-05-21 12:51:55

Tracing is meant for the end system user as well as qualified
administrators.  Just like email headers.  I run a mailing
list that uses three separate methods of including "unsubscribe"
information in every message.  Still, for some combinations of
mail agent and message, the enduser cannot see the information.
They send haughty email to the list administrator complaining
about how defective the list is.  OPES tracing will have similar
benefits and deficiencies in practice.  The inband method means
that the user will always have information stored locally and
will always be able to show it to someone else, but there is no
way to guarantee that all users will always have enough clues to
use it.  Just like anything else having to do with the Internet,
computers, or motorcycles (don't ask).

Hilarie