Re: OPES or not OPES

jfcm wrote:

> Any chance that this WG restarts?

Valid question! Here's the status to the best of my knowledge:

- Abbie indicated that he won't be able to continue working on OPES at 
the moment (although he might be back at a later point in time). 
Martin took over the "SMTP Use Cases" draft and is currently 
re-writing it based on comments from the last meeting. I would hope we 
can have a "WG Last Call" within th next two weeks.

- Once the Use Cases draft is wrapped up, we'll have to start working 
on the OCP/SMTP draft at full speed. We must have a reasonably first 
draft before the Paris meeting - cut-off date is July 11. This leaves 
us only 5 weeks or so... Martin indicated that he'd be willing to take 
a lead on this work, too. Anyone else interested, please let Martin, 
Tony, and me know. If we don't make good progress soon, I'd recommend 
to close the WG.

- Alex provided an analyzis/thoughts on Sieve and "P", which received 
a few comments. We cannot declare consensus on whether to extend sieve 
or continue with "P" based on three emails. If there's no 
enthusiasm/interest on this topic we should fold it. If someone has a 
strong feeling on either sieve or "P" or something else, I suggest the 
person to write an initial individual draft to get something going. 
Otherwise, I suggest we remove this item from the charter.

Key problem, however, seems to be a lack of interest in actually 
deploying OPES. Otherwise there would be more people willing to 
actively work on it.

Thanks,
   Markus