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Article #119Re: Wanted: Messed-Up Mail Headers
From: Frederick M. Avolio
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 1990 12:20
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 1990 12:20
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I believe coding for weird mail headers is wrong. I suggest you follow the rules in the RFCs and leave it at that. Why? Because most screwed up mail headers -- for example, something like this: From: host!host2!host3::other!thing@something!else are too screwy to be usable anyway. One of the things wrong with the Berkeley Mail program (in 4.2) was that it tried to be smart about the headers (it had built-in smarts about BerkNet, etc... kind of like the finger program expecting people to be in one of 3 Halls at UCB). I don't think you want to handle any screwy headers. You software will probably guess wrong anyway. Mail handlers along the way have the responsibility for maintaining usable reply addresses, etc. Fred
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!decuac!avolio From: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Wanted: Messed-Up Mail Headers Message-ID: <3301@decuac.DEC.COM> Date: 7 Sep 90 12:20:14 GMT References: <63881@bu.edu.bu.edu> Sender: news@decuac.DEC.COM Reply-To: avolio@decuac.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Washington ULTRIX Resource Center Lines: 16 Originator: avolio@gildor.dco.dec.com