George Mitchell wrote:
Meng Weng Wong wrote:
Say, how would folks feel if we got rid of SRS and replaced it with a
less onerous workaround?
Would that be better for forwarders?
Not to be a wet blanket, but what exactly are you proposing to replace
it? I'm not a big fan of SRS, but the forwarding problem has to be
solved somehow. -- George Mitchell
"The forwarding problem" isn't much of a problem at all as I see it.
Forwarders _should_ set the envelope From to be the address doing the
forwarding (as would happen if you forwarded using procmail instead
of a .forward file). Mailing list software already does this, which
is why SPF isn't a problem for mailing list providers.
The main trouble is forwarders dealing with rejects and bounces, for
which local solutions should be adequate. SRS can be used as such a
solution, or simply maintain the connection if it is a forwarded address
and attempt delivery before accepting for delivery. I imagine that there
are many potential solutions that elude my meager abilities to conceive
of yet.
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