From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 12:21:25 CST
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Seth Breidbart wrote:
> The fact is that some ISPs want Sender (if present) or From (if Sender
> not present) to be the account that was validated in order to cause
> the post to be allowed to be injected.
Then let them reject the post, instead of compromising privacy. I have no
problem with that being an acceptable policy, although I'm sure users who
have any other choice will. Rejecting a post for policy is fine, I do it
all the time for policies which vary from ISP to ISP. But to imply in any
way that it is valid for an ISP to insert a mailable address in posts is
totally unacceptable. If the user wants to use another address then use
it, or don't post it.
There are lots of ways to track the poster which don't involve giving out
personal information. That might actually violate laws in some places,
and certainly is the wrong direction to go in a standard.
-- -bill davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me