Do me a favour and change the subject line,
Thanks,
Stephen.

Douglas Otis wrote:
> On Mar 20, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:22:24 -0400 Sandy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> And Sender is quite often (usually AFAIK) not displayed to the end  
>> user.  Once we're in the land of largely invisible header fields,  
>> there of no ability to reliably sort out mail that is spoofed from a  
>> particular domain. Why not include resent-* too.
> 
> For this statement to be correct, it might depend on being based upon  
> the distribution of MUAs and not the number of recipients.  Many  
> recipients will see the From header as a composite of Sender and From  
> headers when the Sender header is present.
> 
>> Unless the protocol is tied to From, it's essentially valueless from  
>> my perspective.  There is not a solution that is both pretty and  
>> useful.  Pick one.
> 
> A signature must include the From header within its hash.  When the  
> signature has been created by the domain seen in the From header email- 
> address, but perhaps on behalf of a different identity, such as the  
> identity within the Sender header (both sharing the same domain), the  
> message should be considered complaint with the From (author's)  
> signing _domain's_ policies.  An exception should be made when a key  
> restricts the local-part of an email-address and this identity is not  
> within the From header.
> 
> -Doug
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