--On Tuesday, 19 July, 2005 19:39 -0700 "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > While we are on the subject of SRV, port numbers etc: > > Why not define SRV prefixes for POP3, IMAP4 and SUBMIT so that > email applications can auto-configure from the email address > alone. Because it raises some very "interesting" issues about just which server a particular client should be bound to. The network-nearest available one or the one associated with the same organization as the client are typical possibilities (along with the somewhat vague "email address") and, if the wrong one is chosen, it may be inaccessible. These issues are discussed in part in draft-hall-email-srv (the most recent version of which is, I think, expired, partially because of debates about the issue raised above. john _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf