[ietf-dkim] ADSP and Discardable (was Re: Lists "BCP" draft review)

[Dave CROCKER]

On 6/2/2010 8:50 AM, Al Iverson wrote:
>> 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.


Among some folk, perhaps.  But this is not the sort of issue that should be 
relied on by implication or statistical likelihood of interpretation, if there 
is to be productive discussion and use of the term in a standards arena.


d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net