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"Glen Zimmerman" <glenz@worldimpact.org> wrote in message
news:46781282@newsgroups.borland.com...

> When we send out emails to a list, we need to have the bounced
emails
> go to a different email account than the sender account for
administrative
> reasons.  We have been using an application that does give us this
ability,
> and it is done by setting the Return-path header to the account that
is to
> get the bounced emails.  I'm gathering from your response that this
is not
> the normal way of handling bounced emails, but this method has
worked
> in the past for us.

The "Return-path" header is auto-generated by an SMTP server when it
delivers a message to a recipient (or forwards it to another server).
You cannot specify the header in the message itself.  This is clearly
stated in RFC 821.  It also states that it is possible to have errors
be sent to a different mailbox than the sender's, but it doesn't say
how to actually do that.  But since it is not the sender that controls
the "Return-path" header, that will likely have to be a server-side
option when relaying messages to other servers.


Gambit