Re: Experimental (was: Re: homework, not an experiment, draft-crocker-email-deliveredto)

On 17/08/2021 22:37, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:19 AM John C Klensin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> [...]
>> * treat this a something new, with a new header field name, and
>> proceed to describe that new thing.  Presumably that should
>> include a discussion of why it is different and implementations
>> should provide it instead or in in addition to Delivered-to,
>> Envelope-to, Received...for, and anything else that is
>> considered particularly relevant, [...]
> 
> 
> I would like to take this opportunity, given the number of implementers in
> the room (guten tag, Claus!), to ask:
> 
> Hypothetically, if this work were to take the path of declaring a new code
> point for this purpose, what's the likelihood of adoption?
> 
> Please note "instead of or in addition to" in the sentiment above.

 From an Exim implementor's POV, I'd want to know "what's the purpose?"
before answering.  Lacking a compelling one, I see no incentive.
-- 
Cheers,
   Jeremy