Dave, how about using an REPLY address that isn't going to bounce with
ignorant messages like this?
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at natto.kavi.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the
following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up.
Sorry it didn't work out.
<technical(_at_)maawg(_dot_)org>:
Sorry, only organization members may post. If you are an
organization member, please forward this message to admin(_at_)maawg(_dot_)org
to get your new address included (#5.7.2)
Geez!
--
HLS
Dave Crocker wrote:
Folks,
Howdy.
As most of you know, I've been working for a couple of years on a document
that attempts to specify the *current* Internet mail service.
The effort has been motivated by realizing that there is a very poor shared
community view about the details of this service, in terms of concepts and
architecture. Along the way, I have had quite a bit of encouragement from
folks out in the scruffy field.
It is taking so long to document email, because it turns out to be
considerably more complex that I had realized and finding ways to
describe it
required vastly more thought than I anticipated. (I don't know how anyone
else reacts to my saying that, but it scares me silly.)
Each major revision to the document has produced feedback that has required
substantial changes to the architecture and the document. However, I
believe
it has finally reached an asymptote.
I'm feeling that the document needs to get published, and so I would
like to
encourage folk to think in terms of what changes they feel are absolutely
essential.
My intent is to make one more revision to the document, based on a current
round of feedback, and then submit the document as an IETF Proposed
Standard.
During the public review in that process (Last Call) I will be asking
folk to
send notes of support, stating why they want it published.
So, my reuqest is that you think in terms of what is
missing, wrong or otherwise would prevent you from
being in favor of having this published as a Proposed
Standard?
The html version is at
<http://bbiw.net/specifications/draft-crocker-email-arch-06.html>
Thanks.
d/
ps. A number of people believe the document is too long. That said, no one
has offered specific suggestions for what to cut. Not surprisingly, the
text
is becoming a blur to me. So I would appreciate input along these lines.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-crocker-email-arch-06.txt
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:50:04 -0500
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
Title : Internet Mail Architecture
Author(s) : D. Crocker
Filename : draft-crocker-email-arch-06.txt
Pages : 42
Date : 2007-3-8
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-email-arch-06.txt