Re: draft-ietf-fax-esmtp-conneg-08.txt

--On Tuesday, 12 August, 2003 09:07 -0700 Dave Crocker 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Right now, Internet mail does not permit conversions to be
> done anywhere in the relay chain. I suggest we try to support
> the simple scenario -- which has already turned out to be far
> more complex than we first thought necessary -- before trying
> to solve the general case, especially since we have no
> demonstrated need for it.

Dave,

Either I misunderstand the assertion above, or it is incorrect. 
ESTMP options --especially 8BITMIME-- quite explicitly permit 
(indeed, require, if the message cannot be forwarded in 8bit 
form and is not to be bounced) conversions in the relay chain. 
Whether that is actually material to "conneg", or to the 
discussion you and Keith are having, is another matter, but we 
certainly do permit such conversions.

regards,
   john