[ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by first Author breaks email semantics

[Jeff Macdonald]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 10:41:05AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
>
>
> Jeff Macdonald wrote:
>>> In any event, "on behalf of" is key wording that permits more flexibility 
>>> than you seem to be acknowledging.  Note, for example, that the agent 
>>> specified in the Sender field is acting "on behalf of" the author.
>>
>> Is that agent authorized to work "on behalf of" the author?
>
> Seems so:
>
>   <http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0169.html>

I guess I wasn't clear. A Bad Actor can decide to be an agent to work
"on behalf" any other. It doesn't mean he was authorized to do so.


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