[Bug 159251] Store per-contact From address in addressbook and use it in composer

[shlomif at iglu.org.il]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159251





--- Comment #13 from  <shlomif iglu org il>  2009-04-30 20:38:12 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> > So this server acts as an intermediate, transforming, proxy
> > to the message you've sent.
> 
> That could work! It requires a dependency on a mailserver being installed, but
> I think that is reasonable. I'm for it.

OK, I may work on a prototype (written in Perl and for Postfix, which is what I
have on Mandriva, though it can probably be used for other SMTP servers, too.) 

> 
> 
> 
> > But there can be multiple To: addresses.
> 
> These should be treated like in the example:
> Ideal solution: individual mails to everybody
> Workaround solution: a warning to the user and an option to cancel
> 

Well, if the SMTP server is the one doing the "From:"-address mangling, then it
would be harder. It can pop-up its own message box (assuming it's running under
X), and stuff, but generally, everything should be automatic.

> 
> 
> > But how will they know that the messages had other
> > recipients? If you specify a
> > "To:" or "CC:" it will get sent to them.
> 
> Ideally they would never know that, it prevents address harvesting from
> compromised machines. CC and multiple TO was a good idea in it's time, but
> today it is dangerous.

One thing I hate about spam more than spam itself, is how paranoid it makes
people, and how it makes them look down on legitimate emailing patterns. In
this day and age, it's impossible to completely secure and hide an email
address, because you're going to end up in some compromised machine's mailbox
sooner or later. If you want to prevent spam, use a good spam filter, but don't
go to such extremes as not sending an email to multiple recipients. And email
addresses are meant to be public.

In case you did not notice, I have my email address with a mailto: and
everything clearly available on every page of my home-site, unobfuscated. I do
not try to hide and don't think anyone should.

Furthermore, if you want to send an email individually to several recipients.
You can use the "Send again" feature. Otherwise, one should assume you intended
to send a message to all the recipients you've mentioned, and you wish to have
multiple recipients there.

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> 
> 
> > It wouldn't be ideal because Yosi won't know that the
> > mail was sent to Gilad, and vice versa.
> 
> That _is_ ideal!

That's not what I would want as I explained above.

In any case, hopefully I'll work on the filter and report the results here.

Regards,

       Shlomi Fish

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