I read the LSOFT page describing the DMARC aliases, and it seems like there is a good technical reason for doing so. To disallow the LISTSERV-supplied DMARC aliases would prevent some participant's mail from being delivered (or would have it downgraded to "junk" status by the receiving mail agent).
Regarding the use of aliases in general, there are good reasons to use them (as have been described in other messages in this thread). The use of an alias is a signal of a sort, and readers can take that signal into account as they read and consider the content of the message. I wouldn't want to see aliases banned from the list. I think it is also a health practice to encourage the use of email signatures whenever possible so community members get to know each other. Peter -- Peter Murray Open Source Community Advocate Index Data, LLC On Jul 12, 2019, 11:07 AM -0400, Eric Lease Morgan <[email protected]>, wrote: > With the advent of some sort of new SMTP enhancement called DMARC, it is > possible to post to LISTSERV applications (like ours) and have your email > address obfuscated, like above. This is apparently a feature. [0] Yes, direct > replies to an address like [email protected] do > make it back to the original sender, but without some sort of signature can > be very difficult to know to whom one is replying. > > I think any poster to the mailing ought to be easily identifiable. One ought > to be able to easily know the name of the poster, their affiliation, and > their email address. Such makes things: 1) more transparent, and 2) lends > credibility to the post. Even if I don't sign this message you can see that > my name is Eric Morgan, I work for Notre Dame, and my address is > [email protected]. The posting above works because there is/was a full > signature. Postings from [email protected] are difficult to > swallow but I can live with them. But postings from EM > <[email protected]> with no signature I think are > not respectful. Remember, "On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog." [1] > > [0] dmarc - https://www.lsoft.com/news/dmarc-issue1-2018.asp > [1] dog - > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog >
