Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-msgtrk-smtpext-01.txt

Chris Newman <[email protected]> Thu, 05 Apr 2001 17:41:58 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.msgtrk
Message-ID <[email protected]>
--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