WIth respect to RFC2369 I would think that abuse should be reported to
the List-Owner: or even the List-Help:, if those headers existed. I
suppose a clarification could be helpful but I don't think we need a new
header.
In any case, it's not immediately obvious to me how there would be a
problem in your scenario. If someone is pretending to be your list
neither your header/information nor any other "useful header" will
appear, i.e., there's no solution to the problem.
If someone manages to zubscribe someone else, aside from the fact that
you've got other problems, the zubscribed address is going to get
messages from your list and therefore the "unzubscribe" information in
it, whether in a header or a trailer, will be valid.
If the list owner is annoying, why would they want to put helpful
information that would get them in trouble? You're going to have to be
more resourceful and inspect Received: headers to find a site to
contact.
Jim
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Omar Thameen wrote:
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 14:29:29 -0400
From: Omar Thameen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: including "report abuse to..." in each message
I'm trying to figure out a way to include some information on how to
report abuse on messages that go out on my lists. The issue I see is
that if you are the victim of a forced zubscribe to a list, it's either:
1) spam pretending to be a list, so the unzub address doesn't work or
simply confirms that your email address is valid, or
2) some annoying list owner that you would like to complain about.
I'm thinking of something like an "List-Complaints-To:" header, but was
wondering if any de facto standard has emerged. I've read rfc2369,
and didn't see anything quite on point.
Omar
[re-sent to avoid taboo filters]
