On 29 Oct 2011, at 05:39, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
I suggest we use the term 'Mediator' as introduced by D. Crocker in RFC 5598 <http://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc5598.txt> instead:
A Mediator attempts to preserve the original Author's information in the message it reformulates but is permitted to make meaningful changes to the message content or envelope.
A Mediator's role is complex and contingent, for example, modifying and adding content or regulating which Users are allowed to participate and when. The common example of this role is a group Mailing List.
(see section "2.1.4. Mediator" and also section "5. Mediators")
A 'Mediator' would leave the original User-Agent intact AND tell the message had been processed by another mail handling service AND it would allow for other Mediators to be added in case more mail processing was done after an MLM's (here: Mailman) job.
That seems sensible to me.
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