Didier: I'm sure Hans, our list owner of record, would happily entertain a better configuration. Please note this list runs on Redhat's list servers which I believe are still mailman based. So, it's a question of what Redhat has implemented upstream. If you want Hans' email, I can probably dig it up. Best, Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Or, this is to avoid SPF/DKIM authentication failure. > > As an example, I have an email server with DKIM enabled for the domain > name slint.fr that I own and use for the Slint distribution, cf.: > https://slint.fr > > So, the receiver of an email sent with a From: address with the domain > name slint.fr can authenticate it checking that the email was sent from > my server's IP address and not further modified if re-sent by a mailing > list to all registered users. > > Many mailing lists keep the From: field as is (for this email that would > be: didier@xxxxxxxx) but modify its content, like to add a footer. Then > the email will fail the authentication failure by the server that > receives the email sent by the mailing list, and possibly reject it or > put it in a spam folder, according to their policy and the instructions > given by the initial sending server, written in a DMARC record. > > I don't know if this the main reason, but not writing the initial > poster's email address in the From: field prevents authentication > failures. > > To cope with this policy, let's identify ourselves in the body of the > emails we sent to the list. > > I do it below: > Didier Spaier > Slint maintainer > > Le 14/06/2020 à 22:56, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > > I think many years ago there were lots of spam which came through this list, so they altered to this current way > > Chime > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list