--On Thursday, 22 May, 2014 07:17 -0700 Ned Freed
<[email protected]> wrote:
> This looks correct to me, although it's right at the edge of
> what's acceptable in an errata.
Yeah. Reluctantly concur. I am not aware of any impulses
toward updating 6409 and do not believe this report changes that.
john
>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6409,
>> "Message Submission for Mail".
>
>> --------------------------------------
>> You may review the report below and at:
>> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6409&eid=3995
>
>> --------------------------------------
>> Type: Technical
>> Reported by: Tony Finch <[email protected]>
>
>> Section: 8.7
>
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>> NOTE: SMTP [SMTP-MTA] prohibits the use of domain name
>> aliases in addresses and the session-opening announcement.
>> As with other SMTP requirements, RFC 5321 effectively
>> prohibits an MSA from forwarding such messages into the
>> public Internet. Nonetheless, unconditionally resolving
>> aliases could be harmful. For example, if www.example.net
>> and ftp.example.net are both aliases for mail.example.net,
>> rewriting them could lose useful information.
>
>
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> NOTE: RFC 821 and RFC 1123 prohibited the use of domain
>> name aliases in addresses and the session-opening
>> announcement. Because of this it is still common for MTAs
>> to canonicalize domains in email addresses. However this
>> requirement was dropped during the development of RFC
>> 2821. The current rules about domain name aliases are set
>> out in RFC 5321 section 2.3.5.
>
>> Notes
>> -----
>
>
>> Instructions:
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>
>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC6409 (draft-ietf-yam-rfc4409bis-03)
>> --------------------------------------
>> Title : Message Submission for Mail
>> Publication Date : November 2011
>> Author(s) : R. Gellens, J. Klensin
>> Category : INTERNET STANDARD
>> Source : Yet Another Mail
>> Area : Applications
>> Stream : IETF
>> Verifying Party : IESG
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