Message-Id: <199605272009.QAA15402@CS.UTK.EDU>
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
From: "Roger Fajman" <RAF@CU.NIH.GOV>
Date:     Mon, 27 May 1996  16:09:25 EDT
Subject:  Re:  821bis outstanding issues list

> > I think it's a good idea to mention this as a possible option in the
> > security consideration section, but I don't think it's a good idea to
> > define exactly how this feature should work, or to make any statement
> > that requires it.
>
> I concur.  While it appears that such a feature will be increasingly
> desirable in the future, I don't think we have sufficient experience
> to dictate how it should work.  In particular, I fear that any strong
> requriement to implement such a facility would cause a degradation
> of reliability of Internet mail due to mis-configurations.  We already
> have enough problems due to DNS and mail-routing errors.
>
> Keith

I agree that a mention as a possible option in the security
considerations section is the right way to handle this.  I do think
that an example of how it might be implemented would be a reasonable
thing to have.  It would be just an example, not a requirement.