From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 10:08:19 CST
In <401CECA0.7040206@erols.com> Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:
>Charles Lindsey wrote:
>>In <Pine.LNX.4.53.0401201802530.5315@a.shell.peak.org> John Stanley <stanley@peak.org> writes:
>>
>>> 2. It SHOULD verify that the article is from a trusted source.
>>> However, it MAY allow articles in which headers contain "forged"
>>> email addresses, that is, addresses which are not valid for the
>>> known and trusted source, especially if they end in ".invalid".
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm sorry, but "forged" is not a synonym for "addresses which are not
>>>valid for the known and trusted source". The injecting agent at the site I
>>>post most often from may authenticate me as a "trusted source", but it
>>>sure does not know the entire scope of addresses that are valid for me. It
>>>is absolutely ridiculous to try to claim that my use of one of my other
>>>email addresses (out of the literally millions that are valid) is forgery.
>>>
>>>A better word is "unverified".
>>
>>I am very reluctant to change this wording considering the long battles
>>which forged it into its present form. But if I hear a consensus for this
>>change then I will make it.
>>
>>
>John has a valid point, and I support a change as suggested.
OK, I will stick my neck out. The only comment from people who fought the
original battle on these words was from Bill Davidsen, and I am not sure
was his intent is. But if a fierce argument develops, then it goes back to
what it was.
2. It SHOULD verify that the article is from a trusted source.
However, it MAY allow articles in which headers contain
unverified email addresses, that is, addresses which are not
known to be valid for trusted source, and notably so if they end
in ".invalid".
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