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Re: comast email issues, who else has them?


From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 03:35:10 GMT


Ack: X-Originating-From should be mandatory.

$.02,

- ferg


-- David Ulevitch <davidu () everydns net> wrote:


On Sep 1, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Brandon Galbraith wrote:

I never understood why Gmail didn't put an X-Originating-From  
header in mail sent out by web users.

Seconded!  It may not be a requirement but the omission is certainly  
inconsistent with most web-based email services, particularly a  
popular one like Gmail.  A lot of abuse ends at a dead-end because  
trying to deal with security/abuse @ gmail is a losing cause.

-david


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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