From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/44927 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stainless Steel Rat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Who sets Sender:? Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:54:12 -0400 Organization: The Happy Fun Ball Brigade Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <02May22.114919edt.119312@gateway.intersystems.com> References: <87bsbak1ws.fsf@nwalsh.com> <87d6vqtqnv.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <02May21.105936edt.119176@gateway.intersystems.com> <02May21.122206edt.119093@gateway.intersystems.com> <02May21.142858edt.119269@gateway.intersystems.com> <02May21.154121edt.119281@gateway.intersystems.com> <02May21.171141edt.119208@gateway.intersystems.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022083041 594 127.0.0.1 (22 May 2002 15:57:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17AYUL-00009T-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 17:57:21 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17AYU4-0007I2-00; Wed, 22 May 2002 10:57:04 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 22 May 2002 10:57:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA14487 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 10:57:11 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 27722 invoked by alias); 22 May 2002 15:56:47 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 27717 invoked from network); 22 May 2002 15:56:47 -0000 Original-Received: from gateway.intersys.com (HELO intersystems.com) (198.133.74.253) by gnus.org with SMTP; 22 May 2002 15:56:47 -0000 Original-Received: by gateway.intersystems.com id <119312>; Wed, 22 May 2002 11:49:19 -0400 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Attribution: Rat In-Reply-To: (prj@po.cwru.edu's message of "Wed, 22 May 2002 11:23:16 -0400") Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44927 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44927 * prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) on Wed, 22 May 2002 | >> In what cases should the MUA guess that Sender is needed? | ... | >> I've only said that Gnus should not add Sender automatically. In | >> what circumstances would that qualify as Gnus constructing illegal | >> headers? | You didn't answer these questions, nor many others from previous | messages. Because the answers are obvious to anyone who bothers to think about them for more than half a second. RFC 2822 defines when a Sender header is needed and when it must not be used. The MUA should attempt to deterine if a Sender header is needed for every message sent. Failure to generate a Sender header when one is required results in a technically incorrect message. When is a Sender header required? When RFC 2822 says it is. When should Gnus guess? Always. When should Gnus not create a Sender header? When one already exists or RFC 2822 says no. -- Rat \ Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ of skin. PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ That and five bucks will get you a small coffee at Starbucks.