Re: 7. BCP - Default Settings (was Re: [Asrg] 0. - General - Consent and SoBig)

[John Kodis <kodis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 01:41:37AM -0400, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:25:32PM -0400, Yakov Shafranovich wrote
> 
> > Ok, for starters:
> > 1. We need to evaluate which areas require BCPs. In the research agenda 
> > (http://www.irtf.org/asrg/asrg_research_agenda.htm) three items are listed:
> > 7.a. End-users
> > 7.b. Mail administrators.
> > 7.c. Mass Mailers
> 
>   7.d. Authors/publishers of MUAs, MTAs, etc.
>        It would've been nice if Netscape and Microsoft never made HTML
>        email the default.  AOL is another bad example.  I don't know if
>        it's even possible to send plain-text email with their mailer.

There's an informal "Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval" program that
evaluates usenet/nntp/news clients against a published set of best
practice guidelines.  This or an analagous program for MUAs might
serve as a good starting point for this effort.

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John Kodis                                    Goddard Space Flight Center
kodis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov                      Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Phone: 301-286-7376                                     Fax: 301-286-1771

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