Re: Experimental (was: Re: homework, not an experiment, draft-crocker-email-deliveredto)
Viktor Dukhovni <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Aug 2021 13:05:26 -0400
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On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:47:17AM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 8/4/2021 9:05 AM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> > Finally, the "Experimental" status is rather odd, given that the header
> > has been in use for over two decades...
>
> There are a number of possible reasons for seeking Experimental status
> to an RFC:
>
> [...]
>
> The current draft probably qualifies under more than one of these.
I think "Informational" is a much better fit. This would document the
long established practice of using "Delivered-To:" for loop detection.
--
Viktor.