> I agree. For me personally, this was not hypothetical. The > Pine mail user agent that I use began to intermittently fail > to connect to the IMAP server even when there was no evidence > of problems with network connectivity. The problem turned > out to be DNS fraud. > > I use ssh to connect over DSL service from Earthlink, and > port forwarding to get to the IMAP server. That means Pine > needs to connect to 127.0.0.1 on the forwarded port number. > I don't know why, but Pine does a DNS lookup on 127.0.0.1. Stop right there. You have a buggy application. You loose. Tough. If you have buggy applications you should fix them. You should not raise the buggy behavior at the IETF, ICANN or inter-ISP level as an urgent problem. There is limited bandwidth and much better things for all these bodies to be doing with their time. We have a real problem with Internet Crime that is causing rather more problems than your buggy mailer. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf