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Re: [spfbis] [meta-issue] Mis-use of MAIL FROM for list authentication

S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com> Wed, 04 May 2016 18:31 UTC

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Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 11:29:57 -0700
To: Stuart Gathman <stuart@gathman.org>, spfbis@ietf.org
From: S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com>
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Subject: Re: [spfbis] [meta-issue] Mis-use of MAIL FROM for list authentication
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Hi Stuart,
At 10:40 04-05-2016, Stuart Gathman wrote:
>When I post to the spfbis mailing list, I have to confirm my 
>posting, as the list uses MAIL FROM to identify the poster, and my 
>MAIL FROM is variable to make it signed and possible to validate:
>
>   Return-Path: 
> <mailto:SRS0=42CRp=Q5==stuart@gathman.org><SRS0=42CRp=Q5==stuart@gathman.org>
>
>However, the list *should* be looking at the From: header, which is 
>also signed and validated by ietf:

I am one of the list moderators for this mailing list.  The above is 
about an operational issue.  I can enquire about the issue or you, or 
anyone else, could send an email to ietf-action@ietf.org to enquire 
[1] about this issue.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

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