Re: RFC 2119 violations and DRUMS mismanagement

["Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso at MIT.EDU>]

   Date: 5 Aug 1998 02:29:42 -0000
   From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb at cr.yp.to>

   Let's try an example.

   The smtpupd draft, like RFC 1123, defines a simple type of mailing list,
   and requires that all SMTP servers let their users build such lists.

I'm not 100% sure which feature you're referring to, but if it's mailing
list aliases, it's a SHOULD, not a MUST (which follows RFC 2119), and
given that aliases are used for things other than just simple mailing
lists, I'd claim it's a good thing.

In any case, if you're not happy with the process, why don't you take it
up with the relevant Area Director, instead of complaining on the IETF
list?  That would be following approprpiate perscribe process, after
all.

							- Ted