From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 06:43:37 CST
In <20020301111818.GI48327@finch-staff-1.demon.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net> writes:
>>
>> This sentence is somewhat confusing, in that it zigs and zags. How about
>>
>You've lost a bit too much of the detail. Try this:
> The injecting agent MUST NOT alter the body of the article in
> any way. It MAY add other headers not already provided
> by the poster, but SHOULD NOT alter, delete, or reorder any
> existing header other than "tracing" headers (such as
> Injector-Info and Complaints-To, q.v.).
OK, it now says
10. The injecting agent MUST NOT alter the body of the article in
any way. It MAY add other headers not already provided by the
poster, but SHOULD NOT alter, delete, or reorder any existing
header, with the specific exception of "tracing" headers such as
Injector-Info and Complaints-To, which are to be removed as
already mentioned.
which should also satisfy Erland's point.
>> NOTE: The addition of non-mandatory headers by the injecting
>> agent may alter the posting agent's preferred presentation of
>> information. Ideally, the injecting agent will comply with the
>> poster's preferences; in particular, adding a Sender-header
>> that exposes a sender's mailbox is deprecated in favor of
>> adding tracing information via the Injector-Info header (see
>> 6.19.1 for usage notes on Injector-Info).
>I could live with that. However, *if* the sender's mailbox is being added
>in accordance with local policy, surely Sender is a better place for it ?
>Try:
> in particular, adding a Sender header that exposes a sender's
> mailbox has privacy implications, and it may be more desirable
> to add tracing information via the Injector-Info header (see
> 6.19.1 for usage notes on Injector-Info).
I think Brian Palmer's "deprecated" was a bit too strong, but I think your
"more desirable" is too weak.
Essentially, we have some existing practice which we do not entirely like,
so we would like to apply gentle pressure to have that practice changed.
What I now have is:
NOTE: The addition of non-mandatory headers by the injecting
agent may alter the posting agent's preferred presentation of
information. Ideally, the injecting agent will comply with the
poster's preferences; in particular, adding a Sender-header that
exposes a sender's mailbox has privacy implications, and it is
preferable to add any such tracing information via the Injector-Info
header as set out in 6.19.1.
As to whether we mention these issues in 6.2, I think not. The wording
there is addressed to posters who add a Sender header themselves (the
boss's secretary or other such special cases).
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