[ietf-dkim] Last Call: <draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-10.txt> (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

[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 was planning to 
ask what grep is, don't.)

> 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 such as
> this:
>
>       The author can be a human using an MUA (Mail User Agent) or
>       an automated process that may send mail (for example, the "cron"
>       Unix system utility).

There's no need to change the current language.  RFCs have been referring 
to cron jobs since 1997.

R's,
John