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RE: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition
From: MailPlus| David Hofstee <david () mailplus nl>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:28:47 +0100
You only need Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo on board and everyone will follow... They might even be able to dictate new SMTP RFCs. David Hofstee Deliverability Management MailPlus B.V. Netherlands (ESP) -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Jimmy Hess [mailto:mysidia () gmail com] Verzonden: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:17 AM Aan: John R. Levine CC: NANOG list Onderwerp: Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:55 PM, John R. Levine <johnl () iecc com> wrote:
I would suggest the formation of an "IPv6 SMTP Server operator's club,"with a system for enrolling certain IP address source ranges as "ActiveSurely you don't think this is a new idea.
Would it make it more unique; if I suggested creation of a new distributed Cryptocurrency something like 'MAILCoin' to track the memberships in the club and handle voting out of abusive mail servers: in a distributed manner, to ensure that no court could ever mandate that a certain IP address be accepted into the club? Not necessarily. But I haven't yet heard of any meaningful attempt to implement something like that. Obviously with IPv4; way too many "legacy" mail servers exist that will never bother to implement new protocols and practice improvements ---- even basic things, such as SMTP rejecting invalid recipients instead of sending unsolicited bounce replies to senders (forged by spammers).
R's, John
-- -JH
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- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition, (continued)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition John Levine (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Rich Kulawiec (Mar 26)
- RE: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition MailPlus| David Hofstee (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Mikael Abrahamsson (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Chip Marshall (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition John Levine (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Jimmy Hess (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition John R. Levine (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Jimmy Hess (Mar 25)
- RE: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition MailPlus| David Hofstee (Mar 26)
- RE: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Naslund, Steve (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition John Levine (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Matthias Leisi (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Rich Kulawiec (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Rob McEwen (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Jimmy Hess (Mar 25)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Lamar Owen (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Laszlo Hanyecz (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition John Levine (Mar 26)
- Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition Scott Buettner (Mar 27)