Re: draft-daboo-srv-email

[Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Finch writes:
> An MUA can do better (better coverage, easier deployment) by probing 
> several common setups until it finds one that works. Outlook 2007 
> already does this (sorry, can't find a more detailed description than 
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287532>) and it looks like 
> Thunderbird has something similar in hand. All it requires from the 
> operator is to use common host names for the various servers. So I 
> think this draft does too little too late.

Tony: Would you support a BCP documenting what Outlook does, and 
recommending that operators add CNAMEs/As/AAAAs for those exact 
hostnames?

(Honest question, no rhetoric. Can't expect much rhetoric from me 
anyway, I lost the taste many years ago.)

Arnt