On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 12:22:24PM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > > It should be possible to have an email contact address that never expires. > Yes, they blew it for SMTP... This is not hard to solve. Many organizations provide e-mail forwarding. For example, MIT Alumni can get an "e-mail life" forwarding (e.g., tytso@xxxxxxxxxxxx), which I can redirect as needed. The Linux Foundation has two such services, one for any Linux Foundation member, and one dedicated for Linux kernel developers hosted at kernel.org. I'm actually a bit surprised that the IETF hasn't stood up a similar service for I-D and RFC authors. This would solve the problem of making sure that document authors can be contacted, even after they leave an employer, or after their employer no longer exists (e.g., dec.com, sun.com, etc.) - Ted
