[solved, Thanks!]Re: no list-id header for mutt-user@xxxxxxxx
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:48:18AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 12Apr2009 10:30, Zhengquan Zhang <zhang.zhengquan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 08:34:14AM +0200, Markus Mueller wrote:
> | > However,
> | > if you look at all headers, 'h' as default in pagermode, you will most
> | > likely find some unique header. Be it 'To:' or something else.
> | > The mutt-users list also is quite distinguishable:
> [...]
> | > Sender: owner-mutt-users@xxxxxxxx
>
> | >
> | > Sender probably is the best field for this purpose, as nobody besides the
> | > admin can influence what is put there, whereas one could write mail
> | > 'To: foo@invalid, mutt-users@xxxxxxxx'
> |
> | Thanks for the insight, I have a question, do you mean that only the
> | sender header is only influenced by the admin but other headers can be
> | rewritten by MTAs or others?
>
> Pretty much. Sender can be written too. However, we're not defeating forgery,
> we're trying to identify all mutt-users posts. The mailing list software
> _always_ puts that header in, regardless of what people put in the to/cc/bcc
> lines etc. So it is reliable in that sense.
>
> Cheers,
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> Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743
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