On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:52:29 +0100, John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:

>> If the original was
>>    From: Joe Doe <[email protected]>
>> and a recipient sees it as
>>    From: Joe Doe <joe%[email protected]>
>> then he will still have a pretty clear idea that it originated from Joe
>> Doe, ...
>
> Actually, in both cases, most MUAs will show:
>
>> From John Doe
>
> It's the same thing it'll show if this is the From: line
>
>    From: John Doe <[email protected]>

And likewise with
      From: Ebay Customer Services <[email protected]>

With "helpful" MUAs that do such stupid things, we hardly need DKIM at all  
:-( .

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