On 4/5/2011 12:29 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
>> I have lots of mailboxes internally that have mail shoveled to them
>> based on From:.  If the mail is from a source that I trust, "i=" would
>> be just as useful that way.
>
> We all filter on From:.  If you know the domain is well-behaved, what's
> the point of using i= rather than From: ?


This thread has a basic flaw:  it is predicated on a a particular 
interpretation 
of i=, which is undocumented and certainly not standardized.

If folks want to have a discussion about filtering based on a validated author 
identifier or address, they should start with a construct that is standardized 
to provide that.  Currently, there is no such construct.

As for any thought that i= could be made into that construct, I think the 
reasons that are not practical have been explained at length.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net
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