On Sat, 10 Jul 1993 02:02:13 -0400 "F. Scott Ophof" <[log in to unmask]>
said:
>Which single header in an email item consistently informs the reader (or
>software) that the item is from a mailing list, and lists the address
>(and name) of that mailing list? And in such a way that it is clearly
>NOT mail from a *person*.
In the general case, none.
>In the BITnet world the "Sender:" header was used for this purpose,
>which doesn't seem to be correct in the Internet world...
Using the 'Sender:' is correct in both worlds, the religious argument is
about what to put in that field and what to do to the rest of the header.
IETF lists come with a 'Sender:' field, so don't let anyone convince you
that this field cannot be used by mailing lists.
Eric