Name: draft-crocker-marid-smtp-validate-01
Title: Client SMTP Validation (CSV)
State: Active
Authors: Dave Crocker, David Crocker
Group: Individual Submissions (none)
Date: 2004-06-15
Internet mail relies on exchanges between systems that have made no prior
arrangement with each other. For reasons of history and expediency, the
current service provides a level of accountability for participating hosts
that is no longer adequate. This makes it impossible to vet MTAs or find
recourse when their operation causes problems. Client SMTP Validation (CSV)
provides an economical service that permits an SMTP server to decide
whether messages sent by the client SMTP are likely to be well-behaved, or
at least to decide whether the client is sufficiently accountable for its
actions. CSV provides a small, simple and useful improvement to Internet
mail service accountability. It builds upon the existing practise of
service providers that accredit the networks from which sending systems are
connecting.
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