On 7/22/2025 9:45 PM, Allen Robinson wrote:
My reading of the gateway definition does lend itself better to
mapping between not-email and email, but it does mention that they can
also be present when significantly different administrative policies
are present.
'gateway' is generally a comfortable default label. IP Routers were
originally galled gateways.
Although the RFC5598 discussions were extensive -- including about
nomenclatuire -- the term mediator has objectively not gotten any traction.
At this point, using the word gateway -- possibly with a qualifier to
clarify placement or role -- seems the most practical choice. But that
needs explicit definition in any document using it, absent widespread
and stable usage.
Boundary Gateway goes to place.
Filtering Gateway goes to function.
I think those are examples that make sense. No doubt there are others
equally plausible So the choice devolves to community preference.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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