Any RFCs describing mailing list subscription practice?

Do we have any RFCs (or even I-Ds) that describe the preferred '3-way handshake' method for validating a request to subscribe to a mailing list - i.e., to first send back - to the requester's source email address - a "please confirm your subscription" response message (preferably containing a

Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt

Dear all; Based on the previous discussion, Jon> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Masataka Ohta ty Jon> ped: Jon> Jon> >>Is it fair if providers using iMODE or WAP are advertised Jon> >>to be ISPs? Jon> >> Jon> >>Is it fair if providers using NAT are advertised to be

Re: Defining "Internet" (or "internet")

Craig, From RFC 1287: "If I could PING you, and you could PING me, then we were both on the Internet, and a satisfying working definition of the Internet could be constructed as a roughly transitive closure of IP-speaking systems. This model of the Internet was simple, uniform, and - perhap

Re: Any RFCs describing mailing list subscription practice?

As far as I know, there is no such IETF document. The only even vaguely related RFCs I know of are 2369 and 1211. Standardizing list processor commands has proven to be very controversial. But a BCP supporting use of a mail loop to confirm subscription would be a good thing and should be doabl