Re: [Asrg] Another draft of the DNSxL document

On 1 Nov 2005, John L wrote:

> Many people sent in helpful comments, which I've tried to reflect.
> 
> Changes:
> 
> Correct RBL history
> Add discussion of use for URI blacklists and in scoring filters
> Note IPv6 lists are possible even though I don't know of any
> Note possible traffic analysis
> Many minor editorial changes
> 
> Please take another look.  I'd like to make one more minor round of 
> updates and then ship it off and see if I can get it through the RFC 
> process.

Would it be out of place to note in the document that RBLs allow MTAs
to reject mail rather than discard it? The various RFCs documenting
SMTP all emphasize the necessity of not losing messages, so I would
think you could mention that a properly used RBL conforms to that.

> 
> Regards,
> John Levine, [email protected], Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Mayor
> "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.