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From: owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of Carl
Hutzler
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:32 AM
To: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [spf-discuss] No use of checking RFC2822 headers
On 9/29/04 9:24 AM, "David Brodbeck" <gull(_at_)gull(_dot_)us> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:49:43 -0700, Michel Py wrote
This is very good and we all thank you, but I'm afraid
that the outlook
of the Outlook situation (pun intended) is bleak. The very reason
Outlook displays the pretty name is customer request, and
delivering
to the customers what they want (no matter it's a good or bad idea)
is what made M$ successful.
So you display both. This is what most MTAs do.
And to be fair, Outlook does show both when you OPEN THE
EMAIL and read it.
But in the list view, they only show the display name (like
most clients). I
would be concerned that most readers would see
"service(_at_)citibank(_dot_)com" in the
list view (phishers would use that as their display name) and
by the time
they open it "all concerned about their account" they might miss the
detailed view of the 822FROM address which Outlook does
display at that
time.
-Carl
Precisely.
I firmly believe in getting rid of "pretty name", it is untrustworthy garbage.
I believe that the way pretty names should be implemented is, if the ACTUAL
email address matches an
ACTUAL email address in YOUR addressbook/contact list, then the MUA can use the
pretty name from
YOUR addressbook.
That way the only pretty names you see will be ones you have approved/verified
(because they are in
your authorized addressbook/contact list.
Course controls will have to be place to exlude the pretty name display
functionality on publicly
shared address lists that cannot be trusted...
Terry Fielder
Manager Software Development and Deployment
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
terry(_at_)greatgulfhomes(_dot_)com
Fax: (416) 441-9085
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Carl Hutzler
Director, AntiSpam Operations
America Online Mail Operations
cdhutzler(_at_)aol(_dot_)com
703.265.5521 work
703.915.6862 cell
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