On Apr 11, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Patrick Peterson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve > > Apologies if it appeared I somehow was proposing a bandaid solution or any > kind of solution at all. I didn’t mean to state or imply “It’s easy, you just > need to …” and, given the nature of this list, I tried very hard to be > specific and clear. Not sure if you really meant to state that I was > proposing a bandaid or half-assed response or I’m reading too much into this. You're reading a bit too much into it. About half of this thread is seriously proposing just that sort of thing, and you provided such a beautiful example of why they're not ideal that I just couldn't resist using it. :) > > I merely wanted to clarify that the From: header does not dictate where the > reply goes as that seemed to be missing. Wasn’t proposing a “solution” to > this problem. And certainly don’t pretend to know what search MUAs’ support > and whether people search for “Dave” or “Crocker” or “Dave Crocker” or > "[email protected]” (although I tend to search for terms more like the former > than the latter but can’t vouch for the other 6+ billion humans and their > MUAs). It's not just search. It's also mail filtering, grouping by author and other similar things - everything that's based on the From: field specifying the author of the message, that is the mailbox of the person or system responsible for the writing of the message[1]. > I did a quick scan of a handful of mailing lists. Couldn’t see any that > wouldn’t appear to work with leaving existing Reply-To in place or, in its > absence, using the originated From as the Reply-To. Who knows if my initial > scan is accurate or complete and I’m not implying an easy solution. But I > think we’ll find out as some people modify their mailing list software. > > OK, I think I’ll go back to lurking for a few more years. Cheers, Steve [1] Yes, I did phrase it that way intentionally. _______________________________________________ dmarc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well terms (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html)
