Re: Princeton policy on From lines

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From: David Barr
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 05:39

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In article <1992Oct7.035444.8042@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>>My personal .emacs file, a copy of which is on every machine I have an
>>account on, contains the following lines:
>>
>>	 (setq gnus-user-login-name "rsm"
>>	       gnus-use-generic-from "math.arizona.edu")
>
>I think, under a very strict interpretation of those rules, you are not
>altering the "From:" line at all - you are creating it before it otherwise
>exists.

hmm...

% telnet favorite.smtp.host 25
.....
HELO myhost
MAIL FROM <....>

Yep, I guess it applies here too.  Rules like this are just leverage
in case someone needs to actually use it.  I can create a news posting,
have a From: line that is completely bogus, and be outside the letter
of the rule, but clearly within the spirit of it.  Rules like this
really must specify what is considered an unaltered From: line.

--Dave
-- 
System Administrator, Population Research Institute    barr@pop.psu.edu
Emacs is a fine operating system, but I still prefer UNIX. - Tom Christiansen

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