The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Internet Mail Architecture ' <draft-crocker-email-arch-14.txt> as an Informational RFC This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Alexey Melnikov. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-email-arch-14.txt Technical Summary Public discussion of the Internet Mail service often lacks common terminology and a common frame of reference for these components and their activities. Having a common reference model and terminology makes a basic difference when talking about problems with the service, changes in policy, or enhancement to the service's functionality. This document offers an enhanced Internet Mail architecture that targets description of the existing service, in order to facilitate clearer and more efficient technical, operations and policy discussions about email. Working Group Summary This document was discussed within the mail community on the mailing lists dedicated to SMTP and the Mail Format. Some of the terms came about as a compromise after long discussions, but rough consensus was achieved on all points. Members of the working groups dealing with IMAP and LEMONADE were aware of this effort, but it was not an appropriate topic for those working groups to place on their charters. There is no other current working group dealing with the mail system in general. Document Quality This document does not create a protocol specification. The acknowledgments indicate that Graham Klyne, Pete Resnick and Steve Atkins provided thoughtful insight on the framework and details of the original drafts. A number of other people have provided additional reviews and insights. Personnel Who is the Document Shepherd for this document? Tony Hansen Who is the Responsible Area Director? Chris Newman and Alexey Melnikov have reviewed this document for IESG. RFC Editor Note Please replace [RFC3685] with [RFC5235]. In Section 3.4.1, 2nd paragraph, 1st sentence: OLD: Message-ID: is be globally unique. ^^ NEW: Message-ID: is globally unique. ^ _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
