On Sat, 2009-01-03, Dave CROCKER wrote:
RFC5322 models the world of memos. Paper messages and other human
communications can be, and sometimes are, "from" multiple authors. That's not
just theory; it's real-world practice. If the Internet's email format drops
that construct from the only place in the message that provides a structured
designation of authorship, how are legitimate occurrences of multiple authors
to
be indicated?
Perhaps someone knows what the "Founders" (of email) conceptual models were
for a "message" (memo?) For instance, although I obviously do not understand
the "original intent" behind the "group of mailboxes" construct, I have long
wondered why the following is not valid:
From: ACME Chief Officers:
Alice <ceo(_at_)acme(_dot_)example(_dot_)com>,
Bob <coo(_at_)acme(_dot_)example(_dot_)com>;
There must have been *some* concept of email that dictated that a message
could be sent *to* a group but not *from* one!
--
Bill McQuillan <McQuilWP(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com>
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