Re: consensus call on pra/mailfrom deployment and versioning/scope

[wietse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Wietse Venema)]

Andrew Newton:
> It is also the opinion of the co-chairs that many in the working group 
> are willing to deploy MAIL FROM checking as specified in 
> draft-mengwong-spf.  Therefore, we ask for consideration of the 
> following proposal:
> 
> The ABNF in -protocol 3.4.1 is (mostly from a post by Wayne)
> 
>     version     = "spf2." ver-minor "/" ver-scope *( "," ver-scope )
>     ver-minor   = 1*DIGIT
>     ver-scope   = "pra" / "mailfrom" / name
>     name        = alpha *( alpha / digit / "-" / "_" / "." )
> 
> And the following stipulations:
> 
>   1) "mailfrom" checking will be defined in a new draft
>   2) multiple records are allowed
>   3) a scope (e.g. "pra") can only appear in one record of one type for 
> validity purposes
> 
> The question before the working group: assuming no technical errors 
> with the above, is there anybody who vehemently objects with this 
> proposal?

draft-mengwong-spf ('mailfrom') changes the return-path, and would
need a companion document that fixes the sender notification problem.

	Wietse