Re: MTS transparency and anonymity
Tony Finch <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Charles Lindsey wrote: > > There are four solutions that have been proposed: > > 1. Omit the From field entirely > 2. Use some invalid domain, e.g. @blah.invalid. > 3. Use some invalid IP, e.g. @[] or @[0,0,0,0] > 4. Introduce some new syntax, e.g. From: "Mickey Mouse" <> 5. Don't make any change because pseudonymity is enough. Some systems reject messages that have no valid originator address in the message header, so if there is no From: there would have to be a Sender: In addition to that, this kind of checking would also cause them to reject [email protected] From: addresses, or those using bogon IP addresses in domain literals. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ SELSEY BILL TO LYME REGIS: WEST OR SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 INCREASING 5 OR 6 FOR A TIME. FAIR THEN RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD BECOMING OCCASIONALLY MODERATE. SLIGHT BECOMING MODERATE.