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From: Scott McClure
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 02:42

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I have heard conflicting reports on this.  Hopefully someone out there
knows the whole story.

Which is the correct field for a mailer to use when getting the address
from a message to reply to it:

Return-Path:   *or*   From:

Seems to me that the Return-Path is often unreliable and should be
avoided, but there still seem to be sites on the net that use this.

Any information or references (RFC's?) would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Scott

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From: scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure)
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Subject: Return-Path or From: ?
Message-ID: <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com>
Date: 27 Jul 92 02:42:11 GMT
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