Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-msgtrk-smtpext-01.txt
Chris Newman <[email protected]> Thu, 05 Apr 2001 17:41:58 -0700
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--On Thursday, April 5, 2001 15:59 -0700 Eric Allman <[email protected]> wrote: > I've added the following paragraph to 5.2: > > In some cases site administrators may want to treat deliv- > ery to an alias as final delivery in order to separate roles > from individuals. For example, sites implementing ``postmas- > ter'' or ``webmaster'' as aliases may not wish to expose the > identity of those individuals by permitting tracking through > those aliases. > > Does this address your concern? Not bad, but I'd be tempted to add something like: In other cases, providing the tracking information for an alias is important, such as when the alias points to the user's preferred public address. > Many site administrators believe that concealing names and > topologies of internal systems and networks is an important > security feature. MTAs neeed to balance such desires with the > need to provide adequate tracking information. Sounds good to me, but "need" only has two "e"s. - Chris