Re: [PATCH] ME's SMTP relay patch ported to CVS
Brendan Cully <brendan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Why not make it default to port 587 (RFC 2476 Message Submission)
> > and rename it "msp_url"?
Excellent idea.
> > You would be adding support for an MUA protocol rather than an MTA
> > protocol - This would be more appropriate for mutt it seems.
> >
> > Users can then specify port 25 if they want, but there would be no
> > implication that this is going to support every conceivable SMTP
> > extension if the feature is called --enable-msp rather than
>
> I think this would just cause confusion, until port 587 is widely
> deployed by ISPs. I think most other MUAs still refer to SMTP servers
> in their configuration directives anyway.
Only broken ones. submission/587 is the future for MUAs which insist on
speaking a network protocol to send mail -- ISPs also like it because it's
easier to impose limits on submitted mail that you wouldn't necessarily impose
on mail-in-transit.
See
http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/Proposals/gnksoa-mua.html#Submission
for a description of the Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval for MUAs, which
requires the MUA prefer submission/587 over relay/25 (SMTP). mutt already
leads the pack in adhering to most of its other recommendations.
Charles
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