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>There is a small amount of confusion because you're intermangling
>email and Usenet news specific details.

My mistake--I only get these messages through the mailing
list--CIPS-L.  I had forgotten that this was also a newsgroup.

>>This can be done by running a mail daemon that rewrites headers, or does
>>not conform to RFC standards.  Most people won't go to this trouble,
>>though, especially since the PATH will often prove this out.
>
>I think you really meant to say "by running a mail program or Usenet
>news program that allows you to change headers, and the transport
>software doesn't check, or the recipient isn't smart enough to be able
>to tell".

We can do that as well (I blush if I forgot this option).  I was
thinking of several "stunned" mail daemons that I've come
across (*cough* *cough* configured *cough* *cough*) that had an
annoying habbit of stripping headers, regardless of whether they
were RFC required or not (anyone played with MS Mail Gateways?).

This option that you mention is going to become a very large issue
in the future, with the explosion of the Web and browsers such
as Netsape that support email.  There is no concept of 'user',
and email addresses appear as what you specify.  I've recently
been involved in some confusion with the University where
we've had "official" notices coming from "yourid.here@pop.srv.ualberta.ca".
At this point, it becomes difficult to reliably trace messages
back to specific users.

>used.  The Internet is not trustable.  So, don't base important decisions
>on it without additional certainties.  Do not be so quick to judge by

True.  I would treat the Internet similar to newspapers--they are
always inheriently suspect.  Some papers are more reliable than
others, just as some newsgroups/mailing lists are more reliable than
others.  Some are just garbage.  Before trusting anything you read,
test it for yourself, or wait for what you perceive to be an
educated critique of the comment.

Of everything on the Internet, I think that this is the single greatest
benefit: you can read very interesting articles, and their critiques
with the same level of authority.  I've found that this can lead
to much more informed and mature decisions.

Adrian.
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