Re: Another tweak to eliminate objections - SRV records

["Hadmut Danisch" <hadmut@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> One of the biggest complaints about RMX style proposals is that all
> outgoing
> mail has to be funnelled through the 'authorized' mail servers.
>
> Perhaps simplifying the means of configuring mail clients to do this would
> help eliminate some of the complaints. Fortunately we seem to already have
> a
> scheme that (almost) does this.
>
> We could describe SRV service points for _OUT_SMTP._TCP, _POP3._TCP,
> _OUT_NNTP._TCP, that would be used to configure the client automagically.
> All the user should need to do is to give the email address they want to
> use
> and the password for authentication.



Phil,

I have already invented this. See my SCAF draft and the RMX++ slides.

regards
Hadmut