On 1/27/2025 10:28 PM, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM Dave Crocker <d...@dcrocker.net> wrote:
An Internet message (email) may, from creation to final delivery,
pass through multiple intermediaries, some of which simply handle
and route the message, others affecting an interim delivery and
re-injection into the ecosystem. There are complexities with
this handling model, such as evaluation, filtering, intentional
mutation, and even malicious activities.
...
I'm not clear on what you're suggesting is wrong here. You're correct
about the operating reality, but this text doesn't try to treat them
as the same. Rather, it explains that this is a complex space with
different agents doing different things. In fact the construction is
"some do X, others do Y, all as part of the broader email ecosystem".
Not trying to offer detailed responses to your note, one thought did
occur to me, on the offchance it helps communicate the perspective
driving my concern, here:
Postal mail may, from creation to final delivery, pass through
multiple intermediaries, some of which simply handle and route the
message, others effecting an interim delivery and re-injection into
the ecosystem. There are complexities with this handling model,
such as evaluation, filtering, intentional mutation, and even
malicious activities.
If everyone is comfortable with this text, this way, for postal mail,
then I guess it's ok for email.
(and, ummm... effecting, not affecting. grumble.)
d/
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Dave Crocker
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