Re: Who sets Sender:?

[Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net>]

* prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)  on Wed, 22 May 2002
| Even assuming that RFC 2822 specifies this, it's still not worthwhile,
| because of abuse of Sender by other programs.  People can always
| configure their MUAs to add Sender when they care about it.

I did not see where in RFC 2822 it specifies that a user can add a Sender
header when he feels like it, or omit it if he does not care about it.


| Right.  But that happens, and all Gnus can do about it is omit
| Sender.  Do you think the harm from an absent Sender is greater than
| the harm from a wrong Sender?  Why?

I have always maintained that following standards is superior to catering
to broken software, because catering to brokenness spawns more brokenness.
I have also always maintained that fixing broken software is superior to
working around the broken parts.

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