From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/6609 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Pieri Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [Gnus 5.2.14] message-make-sender Date: 10 Jun 1996 10:14:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035147039 4184 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 20:50:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:50:39 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA15507 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 07:43:34 -0700 Original-Received: from unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (unilab.dfci.harvard.edu [155.52.46.57]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 16:15:09 +0200 Original-Received: (from ratinox@localhost) by unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA07886; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 10:14:37 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: morioka@jaist.ac.jp's message of 10 Jun 1996 20:18:52 +0900 Original-Lines: 76 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.9/XEmacs 19.13 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:6609 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:6609 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> "aj" == =?ISO-2022-JP?Q?=1B$B>>>> writes: aj> Sender field must include a mail reachable real address. Nope. From RFC822: authentic = "From" ":" mailbox ; Single author / ( "Sender" ":" mailbox ; Actual submittor "From" ":" 1#mailbox) ; Multiple authors ; or not sender [...] 4.4.2. Sender / Resent-Sender This field contains the authenticated identity of the agent (person, system or process) that sends the message. It is intended for use when the sender is not the author of the mes- sage, or to indicate who among a group of authors actually sent the message. If the contents of the "Sender" field would be completely redundant with the "From" field, then the "Sender" field need not be present and its use is discouraged (though still legal). In particular, the "Sender" field must be present if it is not the same as the "From" Field. [For instance, a mailing list manager will set the Sender: field because it is responsible for sending messages but it does not originate messages. --Rat] The Sender mailbox specification includes a word sequence which must correspond to a specific agent (i.e., a human user or a computer program) rather than a standard address. This indicates the expectation that the field will identify the single agent (person, system, or process) responsible for sending the mail and not simply include the name of a mailbox from which the mail was sent. For example in the case of a shared login name, the name, by itself, would not be adequate. The local-part address unit, which refers to this agent, is expected to be a computer system term, and not (for example) a generalized person reference which can be used outside the network text message context. [In fact, not only does Sender: not need to contain a valid Internet mail address, it generally should not contain one. --Rat] Since the critical function served by the "Sender" field is identification of the agent responsible for sending mail and since computer programs cannot be held accountable for their behavior, it is strongly recommended that when a computer pro- gram generates a message, the human who is responsible for that program be referenced as part of the "Sender" field mail- box specification. [Back to mailing lists, Majordomo sets Sender: to the list owner's address. --Rat] aj> It is used when mailbox of From field is not senders real address or aj> it contains multiple mailboxes. No, that is the Reply-To: header. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMbwtwJ6VRH7BJMxHAQErjgP/Uz0KqL5jqg0r5eTeoCGZiPtc3pQ+rqV+ Quo3Uxbh6HAEhY3eRHe2BWIXUR9Y2IQjLJh/KML9hctxfwofYyyEKXu4pI4SEEBI kbp1crqzXgB9Nrxie8sjqovG+15PaFXmZSnCwT71y8DkxINqC2D8hzqvLozmDZyi VA0bQMjNLyI= =JpK1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Richard Pieri/Information Services \ When in doubt, cop an attitude. -A cat's \ guide to life http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/ \