Re: Disable generation of "Sender: " by default.

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

On 15 Dec 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:

> News is different.  For news, the Sender header is generated when
> your From address does not match your local posting address.  RFC
> 1036 assumes that if you are posting from a particular host then you
> can receive mail at that host.  The assumption is invalid, but it is
> in the standard.

Hm.  The only difference I can find between the description in RFC 822
and the one in 1036:

* 1036 says that the Sender header should be verified by software at
  the submitting host.  822 says nothing about verification by
  software.

* 1036 talks about the `entity' submitting the message into the
  network, 822 talks about the `agent (person, system or process)'.

Gack.  I still feel that the intent of the Sender header is the same
in RFC 822 and 1036, but it's only a feeling.

I don't know what Son-of-1036 says, and there is another document for
this, I think, which I also don't know.  I wish that Usenet was better
standardized.  As it is, we have to play by ear which is not good.

kai
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