"Julian" == Julian Mehnle
"Re: AUTH48 [EN]: RFC 4408 <draft-schlitt-spf-classic-02.txt>
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:48:34 +0000
Julian> John A. Martin wrote:
>> [ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/authors/rfc4408.txt]
>>
>> Oxymoron: Section 2.1 First paragraph, last sentence:
>>
>> ... many legitimate E-Mails are delivered with invalid HELO
>> domains.
>>
>> How can mails with invalid HELO domains be seen to be
>> legitimate?
>>
>> If mails with invalid HELO domains are legitimate, why bother
>> looking at HELO domains at all?
Julian> The term "legitimate E-Mails" refers to the message's
Julian> content and the fact of it being sent by the sender at
Julian> hand to the recipient at hand. (It is a matter of
Julian> controversy whether the legitimacy of e-mails can at all
Julian> be degraded by improper use of technical infrastructure.
Julian> Personally I agree with you that this kind of
Julian> technological nihilism isn't very helpful.)
>> Proposed change: add the word "otherwise" thus:
>>
>> ... many otherwise legitimate E-Mails are delivered with
>> invalid HELO domains.
Julian> I am not against this change, in fact I think it is a wise
Julian> wording. However I'm not convinced that making a third
Julian> round of last-minute changes can be justified by such a
Julian> minor issue.
Julian> I dimly recall you having proposed this change before. If
Julian> that is the case, I apologize for not having adopted it
Julian> for the first two batches of changes. Should the serious
Julian> need for another round arise, we'll probably include it.
About a week ago I think I saw a draft incorporating the "otherwise
legitimate" change. Its as if it appeared at
<http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/authors/rfc4408.txt> then disappeared. I
see no trace of it now. I could be mistaken.
jam
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