RE: [dmarc-ietf] Identification of an email author (was - Re: IETF Mailing Lists and DMARC)

[Terry Zink <tzink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you hit “Reply-All”, at least when I use Gmail, it includes both the From: and the Reply-To using the scheme below (I tested it out just now). In Outlook desktop I have to also copy/paste the From: address (mailing list). It’s not ideal in Outlook desktop, but I can live with it.

 

In this email discussion, I hit Reply-All and includes Ted on the To:, and dmarc@xxxxxxxx and ietf@xxxxxxxx on the cc.

 

From: Ted Lemon [mailto:mellon@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 2:23 PM
To: Terry Zink <tzink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: dmarc@xxxxxxxx; IETF <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] Identification of an email author (was - Re: IETF Mailing Lists and DMARC)

 

On Nov 4, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Terry Zink <tzink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And if there were something like this in other headers that retains the original senders:

 

Reply-To: originalSender@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sender: dmarc <dmarc-bounces@xxxxxxxx>

 

 

I don’t think this is quite right—I think the Reply-To needs to include all of the senders or else every reply will be an off-list reply (would cut down on noise, admittedly).   Otherwise this would be a great solution.   But because of the way it interacts with MUAs, I do not think it would work in a way that doesn’t violate the principle of least surprise.