--On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:31 -0400 Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >... > Case in point, did we really need to have two completely > separate email standards? There was absolutely no possibility > of common ground? > > I have discussed it with the AD who made the decision and he > pointed out that before he made the two groups completely > separate there was no progress on either. But end to end email > has been hurt by the fact that we have two incompatible > standards and they are both IETF standards. In my capacity as the document editor for one of the specifications I assume you are referring to, I have to confess to having no idea what you are talking about. john