For the content that overlaps in RFC5322 and RFC5321, which one is authoritative?
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SM wrote:
At 20:21 01-03-2009, Dave CROCKER wrote:
As this draft is being considered as a Proposed Standard, will it be
authoritative instead of RFC 5821/5322?
This presumes that there are different semantics or syntax offered by
them.
I'm replying to this point separately so that it does not get confused
with the rest of my comments.
If there isn't an authoritative reference and there are differences in
semantics or syntax between the draft and RFC5321/5322 or future
revisions of these documents, it can lead to serious issues. Standards
Track documents are around years. The documents may be edited by
different authors as they get updated. Errors can happen; the documents
can diverge.
In my opinion, it is better to clarify that now or else we will end up
having discussions ten years from now to determine which interpretation
is correct or which standard to follow.
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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