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Re: [mail-vet-discuss] Discussion of auth-header draft (fwd)

2008-10-09 20:38:02
Lisa, do you have a preference (as an individual contributor) in the
question of using CAPABILITY vs. annotations?

        Tony

Lisa Dusseault wrote:


On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Tony Hansen <tony(_at_)att(_dot_)com
<mailto:tony(_at_)att(_dot_)com>> wrote:


    IMAP/POP servers are what the MUA is
    talking with; they *are* the representative for the MDA; and the MUA is
    *already* talking with the IMAP/POP servers, so could easily ask for a
    bit more information.

    We can write it up and see if it flies. Here's how it could look:

       IMAP
           x CAPABILITY
           x CAPABILITY Authentication-Results=isp.example.net
    <http://isp.example.net>
           x OK CAPABILITY completed

       POP3
           CAPA
           Authentication-Results=isp.example.net <http://isp.example.net>


This is what I'd vote for as an individual.  Chandler looked at exactly
this kind of information as a way of figuring out for the user how to 
configure a MUA.  Having this kind of possibility  mentioned in the
draft but not specified is worthless.  Having it specified but not
required is much better.  Having it specified and required may be too
much burden on servers.

Lisa
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