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Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
Sat, 10 Jul 1993 16:22:20 +0200
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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

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