On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 04:29:02PM -0800, Dan Wilder wrote: > > - Mark doesn't have any idea how to insert a "Reply-To:" header > in his email giving to his AOL address, or else his correspondents > use MTAs with no shred of support for this very ancient and > well-honored header.
Mark has every clue about how to insert and correctly use a Reply-To: header. Many MUAs, including many of those on mobile devices, don't allow the user to insert said header. Many more end-users are completely unaware of the existence of this header, let alone how and when to use it, and/or how to get their mail MUA to insert one. As I just mentioned, we (those of us having this discussion) are not the ones who'll be penalized unduly by the changes wrought by SPF or similar approaches. It's the vast majority of end-users who don't have our technical knowledge, but who want the freedom and flexibility they see us enjoying. "end-user education" has not been, is not, and never will be an adequate answer to the question, "well, how to you propose overcoming this problem here?" If it were, viruses and spam would be a non-issue today. -- Mark C. Langston Sr. Unix SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems & Network Admin SETI Institute http://bitshift.org http://www.seti.org
