IFX Mail Archive: IFX> Proof of delivery/non repudiation

IFX> Proof of delivery/non repudiation

Graham Klyne (GK@Dial.pipex.com)
Mon, 01 Nov 1999 10:35:37 +0000

At 15:50 31/10/99 -0600, Richard Shockey wrote:
>
>>
>> >Comments ARE appreciated.
>>
>>A couple came to mind...
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>> >Non-Repudiable Proof of Delivery (Receipt Notification).
>>
>>"Non-repudiation" seems to be something of a rathole (see PKIX discussions)
>>-- I suggest that references be dropped. E.g. the above is statd as:
>>
>>#Proof of Delivery (Receipt Notification).
>
>Then how would you propose to distinguish this from SMTP DSN/MDN receipt
>..which we know is a problem in many cases?

By virtue of being *proof* of delivery/receipt, rather than just
*notification*.

#g

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Graham Klyne
(GK@ACM.ORG)