On 29 Oct 2011, at 05:39, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > > I suggest we use the term 'Mediator' as introduced by D. Crocker in RFC 5598 > <http://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc5598.txt> instead: > > A Mediator attempts to preserve the original Author's information in > the message it reformulates but is permitted to make meaningful > changes to the message content or envelope. > > A Mediator's role is complex and contingent, for example, modifying > and adding content or regulating which Users are allowed to > participate and when. The common example of this role is a group > Mailing List. > > (see section "2.1.4. Mediator" and also section "5. Mediators") > > > A 'Mediator' would leave the original User-Agent intact AND tell the message > had been processed by another mail handling service AND it would allow for > other Mediators to be added in case more mail processing was done after an > MLM's (here: Mailman) job.
That seems sensible to me. -- Ian Eiloart Postmaster, University of Sussex +44 (0) 1273 87-3148 _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
