On 3/29/2014 9:02 PM, Christian Huitema wrote:
There is a strong case that the "SMTP submission" information should
be removed from the trace fields for privacy reasons.
We need to remind ourselves that, as a society, we have already
exposed "Caller ID" information for the originating contact. So this
engineering mindset is set.
But we have made it optional (via a phone). So I would rephrase your
suggestion that there is a strong case to allow operators the option
to remove it or add it by default, however, I would suggest it
SHOULD|MUST always be recorded, like in a log.
It may be none of my business to know what your IP address is, but it
maybe also be none of my business to know:
-- your MAILER?, reader/writer software?
-- how many machines in your network?
-- that you have anti-spam, security activity going on
between HOP x and HOP y?
That spam scoring stuff can leave one with a major complex!
The only time any of this is needed is when there is a tech support
issue. In my opinion, communications reliability has improved over
the years where the overhead items are less necessary. However, when
the need does arise, you want the information.
So do we turn it off? Perhaps not, the software would evolved where
it would be recorded -- somewhere, but maybe not further distributed
downlink.
Consider, between all communication devices, hosting systems, we only
really need the common denominator headers:
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
plus body and not much more. The popularity of texting in general
illustrates that simplicity works.
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HLS