From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
Subject: Re: Who sets Sender:?
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:25:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m37klw8576.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02May22.125928edt.119302@gateway.intersystems.com> (Stainless Steel Rat's message of "Wed, 22 May 2002 13:04:21 -0400")
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> wrote:
> [MUAs should add Sender] if the From field is not user@host.domain.
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.
> A wrong guess in the other direction will not cause problems unless someone
> violates RFC 2822 and misuses Sender.
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?
paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-22 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-20 20:19 Norman Walsh
2002-05-20 21:24 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 13:43 ` Norman Walsh
2002-05-21 14:25 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 14:38 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-24 22:55 ` Steinar Bang
2002-05-26 13:48 ` Barry Fishman
2002-05-26 14:33 ` Harry Putnam
2002-05-26 17:17 ` Barry Fishman
2002-05-20 22:12 ` Matt Armstrong
2002-05-21 1:58 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 14:14 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-21 15:04 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 15:27 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-21 16:27 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 16:56 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-21 18:33 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 18:50 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-21 19:04 ` Matt Armstrong
[not found] ` <84g00lma45.fsf@rjk.greenend.org.uk>
2002-05-21 22:07 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-22 12:05 ` Richard Kettlewell
2002-05-21 19:46 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 20:13 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-21 21:16 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 21:51 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-22 0:02 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-22 15:23 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-22 15:54 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-22 16:03 ` Paul Jarc
2002-05-22 17:04 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-22 17:25 ` Paul Jarc [this message]
2002-05-22 17:56 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-22 17:38 ` Bjørn Mork
2002-05-22 18:04 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-05-21 17:52 ` Matt Armstrong
2002-05-21 18:48 ` Stainless Steel Rat
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