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Re: [ietf-smtp] Experimental (was: Re: homework, not an experiment, draft-crocker-email-deliveredto)

2021-08-05 12:05:41
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:47:17AM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:

On 8/4/2021 9:05 AM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
Finally, the "Experimental" status is rather odd, given that the header
has been in use for over two decades...

There are a number of possible reasons for seeking Experimental status 
to an RFC:

[...]

The current draft probably qualifies under more than one of these.

I think "Informational" is a much better fit.  This would document the
long established practice of using "Delivered-To:" for loop detection.

-- 
    Viktor.

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