On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:13:02 +0100, Murray S. Kucherawy  
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> WTF is the point of inserting an A-R header if you are not willing to
>> take responsibility for what you have done by signing it?
>>
>> And why should anyone else believe your A-R if you have omitted that
>> elementary step?
>
> Because, if you've followed the RFC defining it, the border MTA has  
> removed any others present that could possibly be misinterpreted by  
> internal agents.

Yes, but that is the MTA at MY border. I would expect the assessor at MY  
border to have indicated some degree of suspicion if the A_R header it was  
about to remove (before substituting its own) was not included in the  
signature that accompanied it.
>
> You're not required to sign them, but it's not a bad idea.

Then why are people on this list not trying to enocourage that good  
practice? Indeed, why are they so vociferously trying to DIScourage it?

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