From: list+spf-discuss(_at_)doeblitz(_dot_)net
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:13 PM
--On Dienstag, Juni 08, 2004 22:50:46 +0200 spf(_at_)metro(_dot_)cx wrote:
Please, please please,
Just wait a little bit longer with this forking business. I myself am
not very fond of how things seem to be going, but as usual things might
not turn out as they seem to turn out. For now, spfv1 is still spfv1,
and it is still being deployed all over the planet. There's no need to
fork of right now. Let's fork as soon as spfv2 is actually there, and we
now what we are forking from.
I like the idea of calling them "layers". I will be able to keep the
RFC2821 layer (spf-v1) and anybody willing to put XML parsers into their
MTAs can use the RFC2822 layer (spf-v2 + cid).
I can appreciate the benefit of the two layers. However, requiring XML to
do the 2822 checks may well doom it to failure. I think you phrased it well
when you said, "anybody willing to put XML parsers into their MTAs", and
that is not a very large group. I would like to see 2822 checks happen, but
think that relegating them to XML will prevent deployment. If you really
want 2822 checks to happen, I would suggest not requiring XML for them. If
you really _don't_ want 2822 checks to happen, then please make an argument
for that, but don't put an albatross around its neck in the form of XML that
will kill it indirectly.
--
Seth Goodman