RE: [Asrg] C/R - What people say

["Eric Dean" <eric@purespeed.com>]

> I think that's an overstatement or beside the point.  While according
> to standards theory, Sender: headers may have nothing to do with
> whether the message is bulk, practice may differ.  I'd want to look
> at a few 1,000,000 private messages in a variety of locations and
> check the behavior of a bunch of MTAs and MUAs before guessing whether
> in practice "Sender" headers indicate "bulk."

Considering that we are a research group and not a standard's group, that
would be an excellent approach.  We've found that the Sender header works in
many cases but many people pointed out additional methods...this isn't a
trivial issue.

> > From: "Eric Dean" <eric@purespeed.com>
>
> > ok..very nice..so what do you propose for list detection?
>
> It's not Dave Crocker's fault that Sender headers do not necessarily
> indcate "bulk," and neither is it his responsibility to find a solution
> to your problem if they don't.

>  You could but don't absolutely need to
> thank him for pointing out a hole.

Thanks Dave

> You certainly should not snarl.

Indeed...I did snarl as I wrote that response.

> In your position, I'd hope to offer evidence showing that in practice
> Sender: headers do work or some (real, not invented) words in an RFC
> showing that Dave Crocker is mistaken.  Failing that, I'd probably
> fall back on "well, C/R isn't perfect, but it's good enough to help"
> (if that were my opinion, which it isn't).

Well, I believe there is more work to be done in this area.  We use Sender
but it appears that many other mechanisms are available..yet nothing
standard.



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