Re: co-chair judgment of consensus related to last call period of 23-Aug-2004 to 10-Sept-2004

[George Mitchell <george@xxxxxxx>]

Congratulations to the chairs for your work on a contentious subject.
I think you mostly got it right.

> The following is the judgment of the co-chairs relating to consensus 
> within the MARID working group during the last call period of 
> 23-August-2004 through 10-September-2004.
>
> [...]
>
> With regard to items 3 and 4 above, it is also the opinion of the 
> co-chairs that any attempt by the MARID working group to define any new 
> scopes other than "mailfrom" and "pra" for the SPF syntax will at this 
> time result in failure to find consensus within the working group.

This is the troublesome part.  I think everyone agrees on "mailfrom",
but not on "pra".  Also, what happened to "helo"?

> The document authors have agreed to producing new drafts intended to 
> meet the chartered work item, and a consensus call on them or the 
> appropriate diffs will be forthcoming.  This work plan does not include 
> scopes outside of "mail from" and "pra", and it is our opinion that no 
> new work items of this type should be considered until MARID has 
> successfully produced a first specification.
>
> -MARID co-chairs
>
Despite my nitpicking, thanks for this sign of forward progress.
-- George Mitchell