"Yakov" == Yakov Shafranovich <research(_at_)solidmatrix(_dot_)com>
writes:
>> The above algorithm makes no sense to me. The fact that
>> someone has used it for something in the past is not a
>> justification for using it here.
>>
Yakov> I will agree with you that it will not sufficient for our
Yakov> purposes where we care about the original party who put the
Yakov> email into the email system, not the original author of the
Yakov> message, but it might be good enough for prior art.
No. I mean it simply makes no sense. Since the from field in
mandatory, the algorithm will never proceed beyond step 2. Steps 3 to
5 will only ever be reached if the message is malformed.
-roy