[ih] Converging on MX use

[vinton cerf]

Ken just retired from Google. I am in touch. Can I be of service?
V

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 19:37 Barbara Denny via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

>  I think a lot of people on this list will probably know who Ole J. is
> (Ole Jacobsen) but not so sure about Ken H.  I assume you are talking about
> Ken Harrenstein. Last I saw Ken, he was working at Google in case anyone
> might want to reach out to him.
> I was at SAC for the Reconstitution Protocol project when the Challenger
> blew up. Hard to not remember where you were when that happened.
> barbara
>     On Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 12:55:06 PM PST, Craig Partridge via
> Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>  There was a USENIX paper (Mail routing using domain names, an informal
> tour) by me in summer 1986 that discussed the mechanics.
>
> The meeting itself took place in January 1986 at SRI (two day meeting --
> the Challenger blew up on one of the two days).  Jake Feinler probably had
> someone produce meeting notes (Ole J. or Ken H.?).
>
> Craig
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
>
> > Craig Partridge cites the multi-service agreement to use MX as a major
> > milestone, and I agree.
> >
> > Possibly for DNS use but definitely for converging on a unified, global
> > email service.
> >
> > I assume that RFC 974 (Jan 1986) marks this agreement formally?
> >
> > Or is there a better reference?
> >
> > d/
> >
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