>      3.  The Mailbox Provider SHOULD send reports to relevant parties who
>       have requested to receive such reports.  The reports MUST be
>       formatted per [RFC5965], and transmitted as an email message
>       ([RFC5322]), typically using SMTP ([RFC5321]).  The process
>       whereby such parties may request the reports is discussed in
>       Section 3.5 of [RFC6449].
>
>Although I understad the MUST here in context, it could be misread out of 
>context by people trying to insist on ARF.  Could we have some kind of "To 
>implement the recommendations of this draft, the reports MUST ..." or similar?

That's implicit in any standard.  The 2119 language is relative to implementing
what the document is about.

>        more severe filtering from the report generator.  Thus, a report
>        generator sending unsolicited reports SHOULD ensure that a reply
>        to such a report can be received.

>The SHOULD seems strong here.  While I agree it's a nice idea, the odds of 
>this actually happening are vanishingly small in my opinion.  Something 
>without a RFC 2119 keyword would be better here.

I get dozens of responses to ARF reports every day, many from actual people.

R's,
John
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