From: Erland Sommarskog (sommar@algonet.se)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 02:14:40 CST
"J.B. Moreno" <planb@newsreaders.com> writes:
> When, for whatever reason, the poster does not wish to include
> such an adddress, the From-content SHOULD then be an address which
> ends in the top level domain of ".invalid" [RFC 2606].
>
> I don't think that introduces any ambiguity about whether it is the poster
> or his software making the choice, and carries roughly the same implication
> as "personal" without being, uhm, too personal.
"For whatever reason" still carries an attitude of "you really shouldn't
to this" against those who munge their addresses. And while I agree with
the sentiment, I don't think it belongs in a technical standard.
Nevertheless, while completely redundant, "for whatever reason" is far
better than "for personal reasons", and I have no problem to accept it.
-- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, sommar@algonet.se