ISSUE: content of Approved header

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Issue # requested.

This was discussed earlier, but never resolved.

It is required that a moderator uses an address identifying himself in the
Approved header. For control messages, nothing is said (so you could
legitimately write

   Approved: foobar

which is not particularly helpful. USEFOR says

   The Approved header field indicates the mailing addresses (and
   possibly the full names) of the persons or entities approving the
   article for posting. ...

And the USEPRO wording for moderators ensures that requirement is met. I
want to see the same thing said for group control messages, since senders
of such message clearly have a "duty" to fulfil that USEFOR requirement.

That is not to say the Approved will be identical to the From (one might
be a personal name and the other a role address). But it should certainly
be something that sites considering whether to honour the control message
should be able to look at and expect to find something familiar.

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