Re: Any RFCs describing mailing list subscription practice?

2000-07-09 Thread Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
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

Any RFCs describing mailing list subscription practice?

2000-07-09 Thread Ross Finlayson
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