On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Stephen Kent wrote:
Don,
Since classic PEM operates in a vanilla RFC 822 environment (though it
could be extended for MIME), and since MOSS requires a MIME environment, it
is not quite accurate to suggest that the two standards overlap. So, to
I meant overlapping detailed functionality, not direct interoperatability.
the extent that someone wants to clarify or extend classic PEM, it would
not seem to be a case of overlapping standards, though I personally am not
Yes it would, in the sense that I meant overlapping standards. And while
it is entirely my persion opinion, since I am not on the IESG, I believe the
IESG would need quite substantial reasons to re-open a PEM working group.
advocating such activity.
Steve
Donald
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