Gmail will display the Sender information with a on behalf of or similar in
certain circumstances when we think its necessary to give the user more
information.

99% of users won't use the more information for anything useful or even
really notice it or at best get confused, but eh.

More information: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en

So, the messages on this list have "via ietf.org" next to the author, for
example.

Brandon

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Douglas Otis <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On 4/21/15 4:20 PM, Terry Zink wrote:
> > Some quick comments:
> >
> > - Section 3 is really short. Some examples of how it would work would be
> nice.
> > - Regarding this from section 3:
> >
> >       This makes an assumption users employ Mail User Agents that
> display the
> >       identity contained in the Sender header field when used as a basis
> >       for acceptance.
> >
> >   I've tested Hotmail and Gmail and both suppress the Sender: header in
> favor of the 5322.From address. Conversely, Outlook and Outlook Web Access
> (OWA) show it as "<sender> on behalf of <from>".
> >
> > -- Terry
> >
>
> On 4/21/15 4:20 PM, Terry Zink wrote:
>
> > Some quick comments:
> >
> > - Section 3 is really short. Some examples of how it would work would be
> nice.
> > - Regarding this from section 3:
> >
> >       This makes an assumption users employ Mail User Agents that
> display the
> >       identity contained in the Sender header field when used as a basis
> >       for acceptance.
> >
> >   I've tested Hotmail and Gmail and both suppress the Sender: header in
> favor of the 5322.From address. Conversely, Outlook and Outlook Web Access
> (OWA) show it as "<sender> on behalf of <from>".
> >
> > -- Terry
>
> Dear Terry,
>
> You make a good point. I consider <sender> on behalf of
> <from> a reasonable approach. It takes seconds using OS X
> Mail (Mail, Preferences, Viewing, Show message headers:
> custom, type Sender) to display the Sender header.  It is
> not displayed when it is not there of course, nor is this
> setting the default.
>
> For Thunderbird, users will need to access Preferences,
> Advanced, General tab, click Config Editor, Enter
> mail.compose.other.header and double click
> mail.compose.other.header entry and type the desired headers
> in the string dialog.  For other MUAs beyond Outlook, Mail,
> and Thunderbird, this may require plugins or similar
> tinkering.  Nonetheless, Sender header protection is
> available and likely something better configured using a
> script offered by the provider.
>
> In the early days when working with Iconix, they were able
> to offer fairly comprehensive coverage for web access and
> MUA using javascript overlays with company icons.  This
> improved source trust based on verification methods then
> available.  It seems these MUAs offer proof it can be done
> and Iconix proved people could understand the results.  This
> seems rather important since it is the Sender being trusted
> in most cases; the result of mail's store and forwarding
> protocol. DKIM and SPF only offer assurances between hops.
> Use of IM-From better protects the role of author and
> enables improved availability for direct paths while also
> offering greater flexibility at adding easily noticable
> information.
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-otis-dmarc-escape-00
>
>
> Regards,
> Douglas Otis
>
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