On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Ted Hardie wrote:
Variations on the idea of using a DNS record to check the legitimacy
of an email address have occurred multiple times. The earliest known
work is [Vixie]; others include [RMX], [SPF] and [CallerID].
But of course, this is wrong and is, in part, the basis of Hadmut's
complaint.
I've no doubt that Vixie is happy with this (as he reports), having
obtained credit that isn't due to him. Apparently, no one bothered to
actually read the message attributed to [Vixie], which the draft (wrongly)
claims is the earliest known work:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-marid-core-03.txt
http://ops.ietf.org/lists/namedroppers/namedroppers.2002/msg00658.html
The idea came from David Green, and Vixie says it originated from Jim
Miller in 1998. Vixie had little or nothing to do with it. Why the draft
claims the earliest known work is due to Vixie is unclear.
--Dean
==========================================================================
* To: namedroppers(_at_)ops(_dot_)ietf(_dot_)org
* Subject: Re: Mail-Transmitter RR
* From: Paul Vixie <paul(_at_)vix(_dot_)com>
* Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 18:16:37 -0700
* In-reply-to: Message from David Green <green(_at_)couchpotato(_dot_)net>
of
"Sat, 01 Jun 2002 20:49:48
EDT."<Pine(_dot_)LNX(_dot_)4(_dot_)44(_dot_)0206012045470(_dot_)8349-200000(_at_)david(_dot_)couchpotato(_dot_)net>
I'm sorry if this is off-topic, but I couldn't find a working group that
is working on dealing with spam, so this is the closest match I could
find. I know this is in no way related to IPv6 or anything else you guys
are working on, but it is an idea I had involving the addition of a RR
type. If this is not the right place to be sending this, any pointers to
other working groups/forums would be greatly appreciated. And I appreciate
all of the hard work you guys are doing... My idea is attached (domauth.txt)
In 1998, Jim Miller suggested this. A few weeks ago, I wrote the
following. Comments are welcome.
==========================================================================
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf