Alessandro Vesely wrote: >> RFC 5230 is an application of RFC 3834. There is no reference >> in 2821bis. I recall that John discussed it with Keith, maybe >> that should be fixed, adding an RFC 3834 reference in 4.5.5 (?) > I would not call that a "fix". > Forwarding mail from server scripts often results in messages > transferred with an empty MAIL FROM, RFCs notwithstanding.
Forwarders are unrelated to RFC 3834 "auto-replies" by mailbots, compare <http://www.openspf.org/Frank_Ellermann/Auto-responders> > Some even hypothesize a BCP candidature for such "modernism"... I have never heard of that idea, and don't think that it is good, but of course adding "or BCP" to "standards-track" would be okay in 4.5.5. Frank
