RE: FW: I-D Action: draft-kucherawy-received-state-00.txt

["Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert A. Rosenberg [mailto:hal9001@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:20 PM
> To: dcrocker@xxxxxxxx
> Cc: Murray S. Kucherawy; ietf-smtp@xxxxxxx; Dave CROCKER
> Subject: Re: FW: I-D Action: draft-kucherawy-received-state-00.txt
>  
> That depends on the meaning of the SPAM state. If it means checking if
> the message IS spam that is different from it meaning that the message
> has been identified AS spam. You are treating as the latter when the
> intent might be the former (ie: The check might introduce a delay in
> processing the message so you are marking it to show the reason for the
> delay).

I don't know what it means for a message to be in a "spam" state.

A message in a "hold for moderation" state means it's stuck in a queue until a moderator does something with it.

A message in a "quarantine" state means it's quarantined, inaccessible, until an operator brings it out or destroys it.

A message in a "timed" state means it's held in a queue until a certain release time arrives.

All of these are states that cause processing delays, but ultimately from which the message will be released.

If a "spam" state were to exist, what are the conditions under which it would be released for processing and delivery?

-MSK