Simon Hanna writes: > >The concern is that a post as archived and delivered to list members > >should have nothing in it's headers (including things like From:, > >Received:, Message-ID, etc.) that identify the poster or the poster's > >domain.
> I don't know that much about email, but shouldn't each message > contain a message ID? You are correct. The interpretation of an anonymous list is subtle when it starts interacting with RFCs, which generally assume that mail has an author who wants to be identified. The assumption is that the list is granted permission by each poster to redact any identifying information, including the Message-ID which usually contains the originating domain in order to ensure global uniqueness. In some cases there's a unique format to the local part, which identifies the MTA or even (when customized) the host. Of course RFC conformance is important, so we would replace the original Message-ID with a new one. Possibly we could record the old one (note that many MTAs will record the incoming Message-ID in their log, too). _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://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: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
