Re: Enough RE: Publication of draft-lyon-senderid-core-01 in conflict with referenced draft-schlitt-spf-classic-02)

[Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf at mit.edu>]

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu> writes:

    >> The point I am making here is that nothing that the IETF can do
    >> will create a situation where the sender of an email will be
    >> able to ensure that recipients do not filter the email using a
    >> particular technology.

    Keith> True.  Recipients (or parties claiming to act on their
    Keith> behalf, with or without informed consent of the actual
    Keith> recipients) are already filtering mail using a variety of
    Keith> (usually ill-chosen) technologies.

    Keith> However that doesn't mean that IETF should necessarily
    Keith> endorse, or even document, any of these technologies.
    Keith> Sometimes it's a disservice to the community to document a
    Keith> bad idea.


I'm from the school that believes documenting existing behavior is
always good.


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