From: Ralph Babel (rbabel@babylon.pfm-mainz.de)
Date: Sun Oct 15 2000 - 09:13:25 CDT
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> It's true that Usefor discusses attribution,
> quoting and signature which are part of the body.
Nonetheless doesn't belong in our draft.
> But is this blurb really part of Usefor? After all, the
> information is of little interest in a news article. It
> is more of interest in a mail.
>
> This is a GKNSA thing. Or a separate document. But I
> fail to see that Usefor could mention even a MAY here.
Ack. Some people mistakenly assume that only "MUST" implies
"interoperability" - which clearly contradicts RFC 2119.
We've been overruled regarding "OUGHT" before. Do we want
something similar to happen again?
> But Usefor cannot define how it is to be interpreted in
> mail agent. No, not even in an agent which supports both
> news and mail.
Ack.