On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
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From: ietf-dkim-bounces(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org [mailto:ietf-dkim-
bounces(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of Jeff Macdonald
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 10:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Feedback on draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists for
discussion
c) A "-1" to the idea of altering From: to cope with ADSP; the reason
given:
"This presumes endpoints will understand a DKIM-related From:-altered
message."
I must of missed that point in Daniel's thread. I hadn't realized that
the From would of been conditionally re-written. Today, endpoints (I
take that to mean MUAs), don't seem to have a standard way of dealing
with mailing lists anyway. So I'd say -1 to the reason.
I don't think there's anything conditional about it. The suggestion is to
rewrite From: when the MLM remails its modified content.
It sounds like you're saying that's a good idea. By my count that's three in
favour and two against, and I suspect that's not rough consensus in either
direction, but is probably enough to add some discussion about it to the
draft, unless of course there's objection to even mentioning the idea.
Altering the From: address is the behaviour of an anonymous remailer.
That's a valid use case, certainly, but a tiny, tiny niche compared with the
usual use of a mailing list manager, where the point of the MLM is to enable
people to communicate with each other. In almost all cases the From: field
should identify the person who wrote the email, not some intermediate
implementation detail.
A "-1" on ever altering the From: field for any reason other than special
requirements of the people running a specific mailing list.
Cheers,
Steve
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