On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Dave CROCKER <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/2/2010 8:08 AM, Al Iverson wrote: >> >> Agree. "Discard" and "silently discard" mean the same thing, in my >> opinion. Though, I am guilty of using the phrase "silently discard." >> Maybe in an attempt to be slightly over-specific. > > > I do not recall seeing a dictionary or technical definition of "discard" > that says anything at all about whether the discarder says anything at all. > > Taken on its own and without further technical specifications 'discard' does > not direct, imply or request that the action be silent or noisy, and if > noisy who gets to hear it. I'm perfectly fine with being more explicit, but I do think there's an implication of silent by the use of the word discard in the context of email delivery. If it's not delivered, it's either bounced back -- rejected, with a DSN, or discarded. The 99.9999% example of this is Hotmail, and their discarding is silent. I would also suggest that a noisy discard, perhaps "discard + a status notification," (is there any other kind there could be?) is already covered by the existing case of a DSN/bounce. So, by my own experience, my only experience with discarding, it has always been and only been silent. Like I said, I'm fine with being more explicit, but keep in mind that I sure that I am not the exception as far as my understanding of what discard means in the context of email delivery. Regards, Al Iverson _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
