In article <caaqnkjcbexdxv0kf4tkrmum8gq-ohhltjzg8pn1b1behryi...@mail.gmail.com> 
you write:
>I am saying that I think it's unwise to put what amounts to
>subscriber-level PII or basically clear identifiers in the Return
>Path/MFROM, if mail back to that address is interpreted as an
>indication that an action should be taken (like logging a bounce and
>potentially stopping future mail to that recipient). It's an open slot
>where an external actor could insert something to cause actions beyond
>the expected ones. That counts as a security concern in my book.

Given that pretty much every message from an ESP has the recipient's
address on the To: line of the message, I'd put that particular risk
on the last page of my book.  If you want to fake a bounce from someone
you certainly don't need VERP to do it.

R's,
John

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