Re: sender vs author, channel vs object, designated sender vs crypto signatures

["Mark C. Langston" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:20:22AM -0500, Meng Weng Wong wrote:
> 
> 1) I believe that it is important to protect the RFC2821 MAIL FROM from
>    illegitimate spoofing, independent of the RFC2822 header From:.
> 
> 3) I believe that it is also important to protect the RFC2822 header From:
>    from illegitimate spoofing, independent of the RFC2821 MAIL FROM.
> 

Meng -
  Could you provide us with en example of what you view as legitimate
spoofing of RFC2821 MAIL FROM and RFC2822 header From:?

Do you believe that the pursuit of points 1 and 3 should override the
preservation of these legitimate spoofs?

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Mark C. Langston                                    Sr. Unix SysAdmin
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