Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA02543; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:54:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.7); Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:54:06 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA02513; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:54:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from THOR.INNOSOFT.COM (THOR.INNOSOFT.COM [192.160.253.66]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA02501; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:54:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from eleanor.innosoft.com ("port 60195"@ELEANOR.INNOSOFT.COM) by INNOSOFT.COM (PMDF V5.1-10 #8694) with SMTP id <01IMMFOM9QHE94EM2B@INNOSOFT.COM> for drums@cs.utk.edu; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:52:27 PDT Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:54:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Newman Subject: Re: X-Sender, X-Archive In-reply-to: To: Steve Dorner Cc: John C Klensin , Detailed Revision/Update of Message Standards Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Originator-Info: login-id=chris; server=thor.innosoft.com On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Steve Dorner wrote: > 2. A user and hostname pair, also typed in by my user, which I can verify > (mostly). Let's say this is Newt-Gingrich and pop.house.gov. > > Now, let's suppose that pop.house.gov has nary an MX record in sight. Mail > is sent to house.gov and then retyped by congressional pages or something. > So Newt-Gingrich@pop.house.gov turns out not to be a valid address. > > What do you suggest I put in Sender:? I vote for nothing. That's why I wrote: Sender needs to be a deliverable mailbox for many reasons. Putting something in there with no reasonable expectation that it's deliverable is broken. I plan on asking for the originfo draft to go to four-week last call soon. Last minute comments would be appreciated. - Chris