Re: Email explained from first principles

"Peter J. Holzer" <[email protected]> Mon, 24 May 2021 13:27:17 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.smtp
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 2021-05-23 14:15:47 +0200, Kaspar Etter wrote:
> 2. List-Name header field: Mailing lists shouldn’t rewrite the messages of
> others and break DKIM signatures in the process. Since my email address was
> rewritten due to my domain policy, I didn’t receive some of the replies to my
> original message because I didn’t subscribe to this mailing list immediately.
> The List-Unsubscribe header field makes it unnecessary to include an
> unsubscribe footer in forwarded messages.

Not really, because many MUAs don't support the List-Unsubscribe header.
So for the benefit of the users of those MUAs it still makes to include
such a footer. 

> A new List-Name header field would make it unnecessary to prefix the
> Subject with the name of the list.

Same problem. Technically the prefix in the subject is already
unnecessary. We have List-Id header which the MUA could use to filter
messages, rewrite the subject, display an avatar or whatever. But most
don't, so mailing-list administrators fall back to rewriting the
subject. I doubt a new List-Name header field would change that.

        hp

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