Re: WSJ/gmail/ML, was a permission to...

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 03/05/2014 22:13, Hector Santos wrote:
>> On 5/3/2014 2:59 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Who is the 'author' of the message? The message you received is NOT
>>> the one I sent. So, I'm not the author, so why am I in the 'From'
>>> field? So, arguably, the From field should be changed. Possibly it
>>> should be changed to:
>>>
>>> From: [email protected], [email protected]
>>>
>>> because we both, "collaboratively", wrote the message. However, this
>>> would probably break some mail clients/filters/etc because using
>>> multiple From addresses is not "normal".
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> You need to translate this technical philosophy into client/server 
>> protocol rule which means that the authoring domain has authorized 
>> resigning with a DMARC policy. Otherwise, its will be detected as an 
>> unauthorized signer, spoofed mail.
> No, all you need to do is admit that the mailing list server sent the 
> message that came from the mailing list server - so set that to be the 
> From/return-path.
>
No. If I have a secretary make 20 copies of a letter, and drop it off at 
the post office, I'm still the author of the message.  A secretary, 
forwarder, mailing list, what have you, is acting on my behalf, as my 
agent.  The letter is from me, and the return address should be mine.  
(In effect, when I set reply-to to list, or a mailing list sets reply-to 
list, is that I'm asking/expecting that everyone who got the original 
letter, gets a copy of any reply.)

Miles Fidelman

-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra

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