Les wrote on 04/23/2014 12:29:40 PM: > That's ummm, interesting, that you can't see their example format > without a login. But it looks like they want to rewrite the > Reply-To: as the original sender which seems very wrong, at least for > technical lists where most posters would never want to request a > private reply. And doing anything 'selectively' also seems wrong if > you ever expect users to catch on to how a system works.
Sorry about that login to unmask issue... Here is the full text of that post on the LISTSERV List Owner's Forum: ************** This is posted from my yahoo.com account to illustrate L-Soft's solution to the From: address re-write issue. We think it is superior because it works as follows: -LISTSERV does a DNS lookup on the From: address to see if a re-write for DMARC Reject reasons is needed. We are already handling *@aol.com addresses automatically and immediately. -If From: address re-write is necessary, you can see the format: [token][email protected]. The numerical [token] is unique to each LISTSERV instance. -Reply-To: field is populated with non-rewritten address so private reply-to-sender will actually go to sender as expected and not be accidentally posted to the list. -Return-Path: field is also populated with PROBE format non-rewritten address so that true bad-addresses bounces can be handled correctly. -List mail should still filter into the correct mail folder so users will not complain about 'lost' mail. This is a fix server admins can install and forget, and everything just works like before. No need for everyone to change their habits and their folder rules for incoming mail. No need for special configuration settings. No need to monitor the trade press for daily updates. ************** The sender's Yahoo address was rewritten to be "Ben Parker <[email protected]>" where peach.ease.lsoft.com is the list host. The reply-to field is only set on lists configured to reply to sender. It is not set on lists configured to reply to the list. I am on several technical lists (bind-users and dns-operations ) that reply by default to the sender. Yeah, the whole thing sucks. But unless we come up with a 1,000lb gorilla to take on the 800lb gorillas, we'll have to resort to this sort of guerrilla warfare. Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message and any attachments may contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for the individual or entity identified above as the addressee. If you are not the addressee (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the addressee), or if this message has been addressed to you in error, you are hereby notified that you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of this message or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail or telephone and delete this message from your system. _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
