Thu, 8 May 1997 12:34:20 -0400
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On Thu, 08 May 1997 11:28:14 EST, you said:
> We run the MUSIC operating system as a guest under VM. Today I received
> the following reply when trying to send email from MUSIC via VM SMTP to
> AOL.
>
> VM.NMU.EDU unable to deliver following mail to recipient(s):
> <[log in to unmask]>
> VM.NMU.EDU received negative reply:
> 553 <@VM.NMU.EDU:[log in to unmask]>... Source routed envelope sender
> rejected (See RFC 822, section 6.2.7)
>
> Has anyone else seen anything like this? It was working last week and
> its my "belief" that I didn't change anything...
(Am CC'ing this reply to several places - apparently more people are
complaining now....)
AOL has decided to unilaterally violate RFC1123, sections 5.2.19,
which requires accepting source routes, in favor of an
as-yet-still-draft future standard that permits rejecting these. We
have already contacted AOL, and they seem to feel that the language in
RFC1123, section 5.2.6 which permits simply ignoring the source route,
is insufficient.
We have been informed by Brad Knowles of AOL that they consider
section 7.5 of draft-ietf-drums-smtpupd-04.txt (still in draft status)
to be more important than RFC1123, which is in full standard status.
Quite frankly, this is no way to run an Internet. Once the DRUMS
document moves up to Proposed Standard status or so, I'll support
AOL's right to implement it. But disregarding the standards in favor
of a draft is no way to do business, even if you do have the most
market share.
--
Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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