Recently, I have been told that Mr. John C Klensin is currently trying to push RFC 2821 forward on the 'standards track'. Since SMTP is important for our work as list owners (and 'listmasters'), I think we should try to support Mr. Klensin's efforts. RFC 2821 and 2822 have stayed on the 'proposed standard' maturity level for four years now and it is time for a change. Please take a look at http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-rfc2821bis-00.txt and http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-rfc2821-security-00.txt and send your comments to Mr. Klensin <[log in to unmask]>. Kind regards, Siegfried PS: The current 'Official Internet Protocol Standards' can be found at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcxx00.html