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Re: [ietf-dkim] Mailing lists as 2822-Sender

2007-12-01 07:01:40

Frank Ellermann wrote:
Scott Kitterman wrote on the DKIM list:

On Thursday 29 November 2007 06:32, Charles Lindsey wrote:
Note that a mailng list expander is supposed to insert a Sender.
IIRC it's a SHOULD and not a MUST, so one really can't rely on it.

Can you (Charles + Scott, or anybody else who knows it) please
check this ?  I thought that mailing lists are NOT supposed to
insert Sender (or Resent-*) header fields unless they wish to participate in PRA checks (RFC 4406).

Sender predates PRA so how can PRA regulate it?

Example:  Charles + Scott as authors (2822-From) post an answer
to a mailing list (with 2822-Sender Scott), what's the mailing
list software supposed to do if it doesn't support a 4406 PRA ?

 Frank (cc rfc822, maybe it's not exactly a DKIM question)

Unless I am mis-understanding here, if so, I apologize for jumping in ....

No, for a mailing list, Sender: is generally the mailing list's "Pseudo Admin Agent", like for this list IETF-DKIM message:

    Sender: ietf-dkim-bounces(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org

or like in our setup in our support lists:

    Sender: listadmin(_at_)winserver(_dot_)com

So Scott should not be in the Sender: field.

The key thing is that it should never be part of a HUMAN reply process, and as far I recall in our various MUA testing, none include it in a "Reply To All" concept. IMO, this is one reason why the PRA algorithm is flawed.

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Hector Santos, CTO
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