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[spf-discuss] Re: FYI: 2821bis and 2822upd

2007-05-01 07:20:24
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Frank Ellermann wrote:
Hi, there's a fresh attempt in the IETF to promote RFC 2821 (SMTP)
and 2822 (mail) to "draft standards", the second step in the IETF
standards process.  Full standard (STD) is the third step, at the
moment RFC 821 belongs to STD 10, and RFC 822 is STD 11.

The actual drafts 2821bis-03 and 2822upd-01 are available at
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-klensin-rfc2821bis> and
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-resnick-2822upd>

The drafts are discussed on the traditional ietf-smtp and ietf-822
lists shown on <https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/nwg_list.cgi>:

<http://www.imc.org/ietf-smtp/> and <http://www.imc.org/ietf-822/>
The lists are also available on GMaNe, see <http://news.gmane.org>

If you for some reason or another feel that something with mail is
not as it should be, and if you're willing to review these drafts,
then now would be a good time to chime in.

[...]

So there are some "minor" points in these drafts which should be
relevant for most readers of this list.  Please help to get it
right this time.  Don't let them get away with "it's as it is, and
we can't change it because a promotion to 'draft standard' doesn't
allow serious fixes."  RFC 3986 and RFC 3629 are examples where
serious fixes worked, and if all else fails a fixed new "proposed
standard" is better than any broken by design "draft standard".

Frank, thanks a lot for your initiative!

Unfortunately I currently do not have enough time to fight those battles 
myself, even though I recognize that it is important.

Thus, the least I can do is to encourage other participants of this list 
(spf-discuss) to help Frank setting things right with RFC 2821bis and RFC 
2822upd.

So, please, anyone, if you have the time, pick one or two of the issues 
Frank mentioned and that you personally consider important (I'm sure Frank 
will gladly point out more!), join the ietf-smtp and/or ietf-822 lists, 
and try to get them fixed!

Julian.
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