-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Les Mikesell wrote: >> some would argue that mail 'as designed' is broken already. Are you >> talking about the type of forwarding where I can make it look like you >> sent an email to someone else? > > No, I'm talking about the kind of forwarding that lets you have accounts > in lots of places, which happens for lots of legitimate reasons, and > having all your email land in one convenient place that itself might > change from time to time. A college that permits alumni to keep their <snip>
I'm just thinking out loud ;). Why is it that the email has to forward in such an anonymous manner such that SMTP servers should blindly just do as they are told? Would it not be better for the forwarding mechanism (SMTP specs revamp?) to wrap the old email in a new envelope and send it as an new transaction? In that case, if the forwarding system is using spf or not it doesn't really matter. Whatever the contents, senders, or recipients of the original mail, it doesn't really matter. The messages would get forwarded and all the checks and balances would work better because the mail systems are not blindly passing mail around for other systems. Instead there is a break in the old transaction and a new transaction is started. Just like with real mail. When the PO forwards mail they re-address the envelope--essentially a new transaction--at least this is how forwarded mail comes to my box. It has a yellow sticker notifying me that I need to tell the original sender that the address has changed. That might be annoying to those who want the MUA to pretend that the mail came directly to them but is it more annoying than having to deal with the side effects of SPAM? And if needed this case could be handled by the email client. I can see an t-bird extension that looks at mail coming from a particular location/account and automatically strips the forwarded message out. - -- JT Moree -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGaCTJFI6sVJUR1B8RAosGAJ9TPfhoc27pLYLBRznXext22g8EhACfVmNW 0OWle4g1AL2IPAvL2oejTkg= =mtto -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
