Re: users with vanity domains

Meng Weng Wong wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 05:02:27PM -0400, Raymond S Brand wrote:
> | But the argument that Alan seems to be using in this thread is that mobile
> | users want to be able to send from anywhere AND protect their domain name
> | from forgery at the same time. None of the RMX/DMP/SPF/Vixie/DRIP/MVP
> | proposals achieve that. That WILL require cryptographically signed messages
> | to achieve, and I think that's where email is going in the long term due
> | to the forgery issues.
> 
> I think we're glossing over an important distinction here --- when you
> say "send from anywhere" do you mean "use an arbitrary SMTP server" or
> "run an MUA with an arbitrary IP address"?
> 
> The latter is what I understand by the term "mobile user".
> 
> Most people I know use just one SMTP server.  Some may use two or three
> --- in Eudora, multiple "personalities" --- but delegation / include
> solves this problem.

I believe that Alan is referring to a vocal group that wish to use an
arbitrary SMTP server. The rest of the mobile users that use a small
number of SMTP gateways (via some kind of auth mechanism I hope) are
covered by the delegation/include functionality's.


Raymond S Brand