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Subject: Re: Issue with "on behalf of" with outlook
From: "Allan P. Magmanlac" <allan . magmanlac @ nrns . ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:58:17 -0500
To: "Doty, Robert" <Robert . Doty @ xerox . com>
Cc: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ queernet . org>,Daniel Liston <dliston @ sonny . org>, Majordomo-Users @ greatcircle . com
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That's the way I did and my users seem happy.

Thanks all for the input.


Doty, Robert wrote:

>Disable it by altering resend script to remove the "Sender: ..." lines
>from the outgoing message.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob
> 
>
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>
>
>G. Robert Doty
>MCD Integration Manager
>XOG / SEBU / MCD
>Xerox Corporation
>Phone: 585-427-3681
>Robert.Doty@xerox.com
>
>        "This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole
>use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential
>information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is
>prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient(s) please contact the
>sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
>Finally, the recipient should check that this email is authentic and
>examine it for the presence of viruses. Xerox does perform virus checks
>but cannot accept liability for any damage caused by any virus
>transmitted by this email. Thank you."
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: majordomo-users-owner@greatcircle.com
>[mailto:majordomo-users-owner@greatcircle.com] On Behalf Of Roger B.A.
>Klorese
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:44 PM
>To: Daniel Liston
>Cc: Allan P. Magmanlac; Majordomo-Users@greatcircle.com
>Subject: Re: Issue with "on behalf of" with outlook
>
>Daniel Liston wrote:
>  
>
>>"on behalf of" is a proper message.  Your mailing list mgr
>>    
>>
>(majordomo),
>  
>
>>sends the email to many recipients on behalf of the original "sender".
>>    
>>
>
>
>This response doesn't acknowledge the specific meaning of "on behalf of"
>
>in an Outlook/Exchange environment, or how Microsoft has misused a 
>standard header to implement it.
>
>"On behalf of" is used to indicate when a message is originated by 
>person X using person Y's identity -- IN THE CASE where X is designated 
>by Y as a delegate.
>
>In this case, Microsoft should have done something like setting up an 
>X-Delegated-To: header or some such, so the intent is clear.
>
>Instead, they co-opted the use of the Sender: header, in a way that 
>implies that every use of it is a delegation, which it is not.
>
>People should complain to Microsoft to fix this mess.
>  
>

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--
Allan P. Magmanlac
allan.magmanlac@nrns.ca
NRNS Incorporated
DREnet Network Coordination Centre (NCC)
Tel: (613) 599-7860 ext 107





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