(My apologies if this appears twice -- the first time I sent this, I
wasn't subscribed to the list, which, perhaps, made the list drop my
message.)
wayne <wayne-gLU9eaKLssaakBO8gow8eQ(_at_)public(_dot_)gmane(_dot_)org> writes:
I have emailed Larsi with some questions and a pointer to this
thread. If I recall correctly, Larsi has posted to the SPF mailing
list before and gmane.org has SPF records, so there is a good chance
that he is interested in this stuff.
I am. :-)
wayne <wayne(_at_)midwestcs(_dot_)com> writes:
How many mailing lists do you know of that don't already set the
envelope from address?
How many mailing lists do you know of that don't already set the
Sender: or Resent-* headers?
I've done a quick peek at a few messages from each of the mailing
list types that I have registered on Gmane, and here's the result:
sender MAIL FROM
mailman 3346 y y
ecartis 115 y y
autoshare 1 n y
lyris 13 n y
communigate 5 y y
listar 46 y y
smartlist 15 y y (also sets Resent-Sender)
smartgroups 7 n y
yahoogroups 249 n y
topica 12 n y
cz 1 n y
majordomo 606 y y
letterrip 1 y y
petidomo 1 y y
minimalist* 12 n sort of
sympa 49 n y
listserv 8 y y
listserv-name 81 y y
listproc 10 y y
fml 23 n y
listguru 1 y y
ezmlm 689 n y
listbox 4 y y
imail 1 y y
*) minimalist sets X-Sender, passes original Sender, MAIL FROM is set,
but seemingly doesn't have to match the actual list
Those numbers are how many lists of each type are carried by Gmane.
The numbers probably aren't representative -- Gmane is heavily
dominated by free software-related subjects. Unix list servers like
Mailman, Majordomo and ezmlm are probably the list servers of choice
for this community...
Do you know which mailing list software would need to be changed? If
the latest versions of the software already works, is this a recent
change, or will most people have already upgraded?
I've only looked at recent messages from each list server type, so I
can't answer that.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi(_at_)gnus(_dot_)org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen