Re: iTIP: Who sent that message?

[John Stracke <francis@xxxxxxxx>]

Eric Busboom wrote:

> Proposal 2 sounds OK, but perhaps it could be generalized by just using
> the existing SENT-BY parameter?

SENT-BY means something completely different: the person who sent the
message, as opposed to the one on whose behalf it was sent.  In email terms,
it's like Sender:, not like From:.

Since the current system allows a SENT-BY on the ATTENDEE in a COUNTER
message, there'd be no way to distinguish between the old usage ("Joe wants
to submit a counterproposal, but Fred sent this message for him") and the new
("Fred wants to submit a counterproposal in which Joe is the only
attendee").  And we can't scrap old usage; it's likely to be useful
sometimes.

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