Re: A new SMTP "3821" [Re: FTC stuff...........]

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 21:35 -0500, Alan DeKok wrote:
> David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Anything's possible in theory, yes.
> 
>   That's the problem, there are things which *are* impossible in
> theory.  So if something is impossible in theory, there's no point in
> talking about it.  If it's possible in theory, the discussion should
> then be cost of implementation.

Well yes, this is true; I had assumed we were speaking of things which
may be achieved by a Turing Machine.

But yes, the discussion should be about the cost of implementation. In
this case there are options which are far cheaper in terms of
interoperability, which I believe should be one of our primary 'cost'
criteria.

> > In theory of course you can control the use of your own domain name.
> 
>   If I can't control the use in practice, then what value is there in
> the domain name?  I've registered it and paid for it, but others are
> free to use it almost any way they want, without my knowledge or
> consent.

No, not in _any_ way they want. They can't publish web pages in your
domain, they can't run incoming mail servers for your domains, they
can't publish your DK/IIM/MS keys and they can't run your SES
message&address validation server.

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dwmw2