Re: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org

[Brad Knowles <brad.knowles () skynet be>]

At 11:40 AM +0100 2002/08/23, Martin Cooper wrote:

>  How does it break mailing-lists? If the list sets the envelope sender
>  to <list-request () listserv domain com> creating a MAIL-FROM shouldn't
>  be a problem.

	You may be surprised to discover this, but most mailing lists are 
not proper mailing lists and are not managed with proper mailing list 
management software.  Most mailing lists are actually handled as 
aliases, and therefore do not modify the envelope sender address.

>                The only problem I can see is what to do about bounces
>  (i.e. with a null envelope sender) - guess you could use header From
>  instead maybe.

        Actually, this is one area that the paper addresses.

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