Keith Moore wrote:
You're assuming too much. Just because a message is sent by someone's
authority does NOT mean that they want to receive any kind of automatic
notifications. It would be perfectly reasonable for a CEO to send out
a message of the form:
From: CEO
Reply-to: customer-relations
Sender: secretary
Return-Path: bounce-address (set on delivery from MAIL FROM)
To: customers:;
Why should the secretary get them? Why shouldn't the customer-relations
get them? You are essentially arguing that the messaging applications
should not communicate on the off-chance that the boss might get annoyed
one day.
Keith is arguing that the decisions and permutations are too hard, and
the Return-Path should be used.
What if my boss sends a message to the staff on *my* behalf. What then?
NDNs and vacation notices go to Return-Path, which is set appropriately
based on whoever wants to receive NDNs, vacation notices, and delay
warnings.
-d