Re: email "Common Operating Group"

[Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at>]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Keith Moore wrote:
>
> I haven't seen a need to include transit operations in either case, and
> to me it seems like that would make it muddier.  The whole assumption
> behind discouraging third-party relaying is that a mail network should
> only process messages that were either originated from within that
> network, or intended for a recipient within that network.  This
> implies that "transit" operations - which I take to mean a relay by an
> MTA that has no relationship with either the originator or the
> recipient - are discouraged.

I think by "transit operations" Dave means things like alias-forwarding
and mailing list explosion.

Tony.
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