Re: On the name of the SUBMITTER= parameter

[Douglas Otis <dotis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 15:31, Roy Badami wrote:
> There've been a couple of suggestions that the name of the SUBMITTER
> parameter is confusing.
> 
> It strikes me that when these drafts were being written, much of the
> terminology that the WG is now using was still in a state of flux.
> Indeed, the SUBMITTER parameter went through various different names
> prior to the ID being written.
> 
> It srikes me that, where we are now, the obvious parameter is not
> SUBITTER= but PRA=
> 
> The purpose of the parameter is to identify, during the SMTP
> transaction, an identity that we are now universally calling the PRA.
> 
> The obvious intuitive name for an SMTP parameter that idenfities the
> PRA is 'PRA'.

But as Microsoft claims PRA to be their intellectual property and
requires a nontransferable signed contract before this value can be
ascertained, I think something more like EULA= makes more sense.  : )

-Doug