Re: How IETF treats contributors

Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com> Tue, 31 August 2004 17:39 UTC

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Nick.Carter@think3.com ("Nick Carter") writes:

> ... You could contest it saying it was an excrescence of Vixie's work,
> but the details do not exist in Vixie's work.  As noted with Dean, Vixies
> work is implausible and therefore credit should not be given. All work
> submitted should be punctilio and of protocol.

of the three of us (you, me, dean) i have a pretty clear idea who i'd trust
the most to advise anybody about what can or cannot be done in SMTP or DNS.

however, i'm quite interested in feedback as to the plausibility of miller's
idea, which i expressed at <http://sa.vix.com/~vixie/mailfrom.txt>.  thanks!
-- 
Paul Vixie

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