[Mailman-Developers] 2.1.8 documentation mismatch

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 8 June 2006 16:54:40 +0100 David Lee <t.d.lee at durham.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Ian Eiloart wrote:
>
>> --On 8 June 2006 12:39:22 +0100 David Lee <t.d.lee at durham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >  The incoming email
>> > would carry a header (of first line in body) of something like:
>> >    Authorised:  sender-pw
>> >
>> > where "sender-pw" is associated with the (claimed) From-address.  This
>> > is different from, but complementary to, "Approved: list-pw".
>>
>> That's neither approval nor authorisation, it's authentication - proving
>> that the person who used the email address also knew the password
>> associated with it. [...]
>
> Thanks, Ian.  I agree with that technical view.  That suggests that the
> header (of first line of body) would need to be something like:
>    Authenticated:  sender-pw
>
> To the average non-techie managerial type, what terminology (Authorised?
> Authenticated? etc.) is preferable?
>

Not "Authenticated". That implies that authentication has already occurred. 
What you're doing is supplying a token to be used for authentication. So, 
"Authentication" would be better. Or even "Password".

Oh, and if it's an email header, shouldn't it be X-Authentication, or 
whatever?

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex