> Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> writes: > > > it is still false to say that greylisting wasn't permitted by the > > original RFC's. > > > > it was, and it is. > > Any reasonable interpretation (IMO) of the relevant parts of RFC5321 and > RFC2821 means that greylisting is well within the protocol specs. That > did however not stop people from claiming otherwise, and it was a bit > disappointing back in 2008 to find that the update did not provide even > clearer language.
I do not agree with your assessment. > All water under the bridge soonish now, it seems. Yeah, it is all water under the bridge until, at the last moment, IETF allows someone to add an IPR statement to the end of this new RFC. It is very naive of you of you to think that new document is coming for free. Companies are paying for this to be clarified, and they will want to build a path so that their silver comes to them.
