At 22:30 -0800 on 01/11/2012, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote about Re: FW:
I-D Action: draft-kucherawy-received-state-00.txt:
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From: Robert A. Rosenberg [mailto:hal9001(_at_)panix(_dot_)com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:20 PM
To: dcrocker(_at_)bbiw(_dot_)net
Cc: Murray S. Kucherawy; ietf-smtp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org; Dave CROCKER
Subject: Re: FW: I-D Action: draft-kucherawy-received-state-00.txt
That depends on the meaning of the SPAM state. If it means checking if
the message IS spam that is different from it meaning that the message
has been identified AS spam. You are treating as the latter when the
intent might be the former (ie: The check might introduce a delay in
processing the message so you are marking it to show the reason for the
delay).
I don't know what it means for a message to be in a "spam" state.
A message in a "hold for moderation" state means it's stuck in a
queue until a moderator does something with it.
A message in a "quarantine" state means it's quarantined,
inaccessible, until an operator brings it out or destroys it.
A message in a "timed" state means it's held in a queue until a
certain release time arrives.
All of these are states that cause processing delays, but ultimately
from which the message will be released.
If a "spam" state were to exist, what are the conditions under which
it would be released for processing and delivery?
-MSK
I was thinking of checking the message to see if it were possible
spam. You might have some cases where your processing can not do an
immediate SPAM/HAM determination but have some delay in making that
decision. Thus the spam state while the message is delayed while the
extended check is being done.