On 03/05/2014 19:29, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
We need to refine the spec specifically for mailing lists. I'd love
to read something like:
A mailing list MUST NOT tamper with the From: field. Those who do
that are not mailing lists, and can work their own way out of
DMARC.
To be pedantic, if I send a message to a list saying:
hello ietf-822 members
and the mailing list sends a message to you saying:
hello ietf-822 members
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This is a message from the ietf-822 mailing list. To unsubscribe click here
Who is the 'author' of the message? The message you received is NOT the
one I sent. So, I'm not the author, so why am I in the 'From' field? So,
arguably, the From field should be changed. Possibly it should be
changed to:
From: paul(_at_)pscs(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk, ietf-822(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
because we both, "collaboratively", wrote the message. However, this
would probably break some mail clients/filters/etc because using
multiple From addresses is not "normal".
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