Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-23 Thread Hector Santos
Dave CROCKER wrote: ?> In Section 5.8: >> >>"DKIM-aware authoring MLMs MUST sign the mail they send according to >> the regular signing guidelines given in [DKIM]. >> >> One concern is that having an MLM apply its signature to unsigned >> mail might cause some verifiers or receivers

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-23 Thread SM
At 11:03 23-05-2011, Dave CROCKER wrote: >Then you are using criteria that go beyond the requirements of a BCP. > > From RFC 2026: > >"5. BEST CURRENT PRACTICE (BCP) RFCs > > The BCP subseries of the RFC series is designed to be a way to > standardize practices and the results

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-22 Thread ned+dkim
> > 2. Should this be Informational or BCP? > > a: BCP, making it clear when we're insufficiently certain about > > something. > > Last Call will sort out any objections. > Well, I couldn't afford to go, so I can't say you're wrong, and I don't > know why I didn't see that on the l

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-21 Thread John R. Levine
> 2. Should this be Informational or BCP? > a: BCP, making it clear when we're insufficiently certain about > something. > Last Call will sort out any objections. Well, I couldn't afford to go, so I can't say you're wrong, and I don't know why I didn't see that on the list. I gue

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-21 Thread Barry Leiba
>> As chair, I can say that consensus was to make this normative, not >> experimental. > > With the best will in the world, I was there, and I saw no such consensus. We discussed it live at IETF 80, and I posted the following minutes to the mailing list on 28 March: 3. Discussion of mailinglists

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-21 Thread John R. Levine
> As chair, I can say that consensus was to make this normative, not > experimental. With the best will in the world, I was there, and I saw no such consensus. The closest thing I can find in a quick search of the archive is this note, which says that the group agreed on one thing (that lists s

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-21 Thread Barry Leiba
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:38 PM, John Levine wrote: > I'd suggest publishing it as Informational or Experimental rather than > BCP. As DKIM chair, I'd like to reply to this and other messages in this thread that discuss the status of the subject document: There was extensive discussion in the DK

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-16 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of J.D. > Falk > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 5:35 AM > To: IETF list; DKIM List > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: > (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP > > > I

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Delany
On 16May11, J.D. Falk allegedly wrote: > On May 15, 2011, at 9:42 PM, Barry Leiba wrote: > > >> The author can be a human using an MUA (Mail User Agent) or > >> an automated mail robot with an MTA. > > > > I don't see that "automated mail robot with an MTA" is right at all. > > But I

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-16 Thread J.D. Falk
On May 15, 2011, at 9:42 PM, Barry Leiba wrote: >> The author can be a human using an MUA (Mail User Agent) or >> an automated mail robot with an MTA. > > I don't see that "automated mail robot with an MTA" is right at all. > But I see what you're getting at, and I'd support a change

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-16 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On 15/May/11 21:04, Hector Santos wrote: >The author can be a human using an MUA (Mail User Agent) or >an automated mail robot with an MTA. Both the human and the robot use an MTA (or an MSA.) ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according t

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Hector Santos
Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: >> -Original Message- > "cron" sends mail, if the periodic job it executes has any output, > to the user that requested the job. The UNIX "at" utility is the same. > > The job it executes might also send mail of its own accord. > > In both cases, there's mail

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Hector Santos > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:05 PM > To: SM > Cc: Barry Leiba; ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: > (DK

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Hector Santos
SM wrote: > Hi Barry, > At 19:42 15-05-2011, Barry Leiba wrote: >> I'd be very surprised to find that mention of "cron" in an RFC is >> "unprecedented". Maybe I'll download the RFC set, have Google do a >> word index on it, and see. > > From RFC 3834: > >"The auto-generated keyword: > >

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Hector Santos
John R. Levine wrote: > > There's no need to change the current language. RFCs have been > referring to cron jobs since 1997. But this is 2011 for G-d sake! -- Hector Santos, CTO http://www.santronics.com http://santronics.blogspot.com ___ NOTE WE

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Hector Santos
Barry Leiba wrote: >> It was a rhetorical question. �I don't think its necessary and IMO, >> unprecedented. > > I'd be very surprised to find that mention of "cron" in an RFC is > "unprecedented". Maybe I'll download the RFC set, have Google do a > word index on it, and see. What did you find?

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread SM
Hi Barry, At 19:42 15-05-2011, Barry Leiba wrote: >I'd be very surprised to find that mention of "cron" in an RFC is >"unprecedented". Maybe I'll download the RFC set, have Google do a >word index on it, and see. From RFC 3834: "The auto-generated keyword: - SHOULD be used on messages

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread John R. Levine
I'd be very surprised to find that mention of "cron" in an RFC is "unprecedented". Maybe I'll download the RFC set, have Google do a word index on it, and see. RFCs 2123, 2839, 4833, and 5427 refer to cron and cron jobs. There may be others, but I found those with a simple grep. (If anyone w

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Barry Leiba
>>> What is "cron?" and how does it interface with the originator defined as >>> the MSA?  is cron an MTA or MUA? ... > It was a rhetorical question.  I don't think its necessary and IMO, > unprecedented. I'd be very surprised to find that mention of "cron" in an RFC is "unprecedented". Maybe I'l

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Hector Santos
Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: >> What is "cron?" and how does it interface with the originator defined as >> the MSA? is cron an MTA or MUA? > > It's a daemon that runs on UNIX systems which can be told to > run specific programs at specific periodic times. It is neither an > MTA nor an MUA; it

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread J.D. Falk
On May 13, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Rolf E. Sonneveld wrote: > I'd propose to put this item ('writeup a definition of 'discardable') on > the to-do list of a successor of RFC5617, if there ever will be one. Or > on another future 'policy' document. +1 -- J.D. Falk the leading purveyor of industry cou

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread John R. Levine
> I think it's best to have an example. "cron" seems to be an ideal one, > though I'd be happy to add a second, Windows-specific, example if there is > one. If not, changing 'such as "cron"' to 'such as the "cron" UNIX utility' > seems a better change to me. Anyone who's ever managed a Unix o

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-15 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Hector Santos > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:00 PM > To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Cc: i...@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: > (DK

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Hector Santos
Nits and Comments: In Section 3.1. author: The agent that provided the content of the message being sent through the system. The author delivers that content to the originator in order to begin a message's journey to its intended final recipients. The author can be a h

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread SM
Hi Hector, At 11:43 14-05-2011, Hector Santos wrote: >See section 4.3.2 > > DATA > I: 354 -> data -> S: 250 > E: 552, 554, 451, 452 > E: 451, 554, 503 From http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5321.txt DATA I: 354 -> data -> S: 250

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Hector Santos
Hector Santos wrote: > Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > But to be conformant, I suppose 550 5.7.0 would be appropriate. > >>> Alessandro Replied: >>> Conformant to what? > >> RFC5321, as cited. > > See section 4.3.2 > > DATA > I: 354 -> data -> S: 250 >

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Hector Santos
Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: >>> But to be conformant, I suppose 550 5.7.0 would be appropriate. >> Alessandro Replied: >> Conformant to what? > RFC5321, as cited. See section 4.3.2 DATA I: 354 -> data -> S: 250 E: 552, 554, 451, 452 E: 451, 554, 5

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
bject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: > (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP > > Ideally, if Murray wishes to support Jeff McDonald's Anti-Spam ID that > is intended to update RFC3463, he might use (since this is all new > anyway): > > 554 5.8.0 Undefined Policy detail >

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Alessandro Vesely > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:22 AM > To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: > (DKIM And Mailing

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Hector Santos
Alessandro Vesely wrote: >> SM wrote: >> (3) RFC5451 discussion >>> This falls under policy decision. The usage of a 554 code is >>> inappropriate. From Section 3.6.2 of RFC 5321: >>> >>>"If it [SMTP server] declines to relay mail to a particular address >>> for policy reasons, a 550 res

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-14 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On 13/May/11 20:17, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: >> From: On Behalf Of SM > By my read, the bulk of your comments fall into these categories: > > (1) Remove the normative language, publish as Informational My reading of SM's comments is for replacing "Best Current Practices", not normative language

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread SM
Hi Murray, At 11:17 13-05-2011, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: >By my read, the bulk of your comments fall into these categories: > >(1) Remove the normative language, publish as Informational > >As I said to John, I'd be fine with this. The document started out >as Informational but there was workin

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread Hector Santos
Hector Santos wrote: > Nothing wrong with DKIM=DISCARDABLE. What is wrong is trying to > dictate to others MLM should ignore ADSP. > > As a MLM vendor, I have technical and ethical engineering obligation > not to cause problems when taking on a new inherently incompatible > technology that do

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread Hector Santos
Rolf E. Sonneveld wrote: > On 5/13/11 8:12 PM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > > [...] > > >>> "In such cases where the submission fails that test, the receiver or >>> verifier SHOULD discard the message but return an SMTP success code, >>> i.e. accept the message but drop it without de

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread Rolf E. Sonneveld
On 5/13/11 8:12 PM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: [...] >> "In such cases where the submission fails that test, the receiver or >> verifier SHOULD discard the message but return an SMTP success code, >> i.e. accept the message but drop it without delivery. An SMTP >> rejection of

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On 13/May/11 09:15, SM wrote: > In Section 4.1: > >"In an idealized world, if an author knows that the MLM to which a > message is being sent is a non-participating resending MLM, the > author SHOULD be cautious when deciding whether or not to send a > signed message to the list."

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of SM > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 12:16 AM > To: i...@ietf.org > Cc: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Subject: Re: Last Call: (DKIM And > Mailing Lists) to BCP > Hi SM, By my read, the bulk of your com

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-13 Thread SM
At 08:02 12-05-2011, The IESG wrote: >The IESG has received a request from the Domain Keys Identified Mail WG >(dkim) to consider the following document: >- 'DKIM And Mailing Lists' >as a BCP > >The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits >final comments on this action

[ietf-dkim] Last Call: (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-12 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the Domain Keys Identified Mail WG (dkim) to consider the following document: - 'DKIM And Mailing Lists' as a BCP The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the i.