Re: Return-Path or From: ?

Article View: comp.mail.headers

Article #20

#20

From: Tim Kehres
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 02:38

19 lines
1081 bytes

In article <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com> scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes:

: 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:

The Return-Path field is to be used by the message transport, in the case
errors are detected in routing.  The From:, and Reply-To: fields are to be
used by user agents in constructing default return addresses.   The Return-Path
field usually reflects the SMTP MAIL FROM value, whereas the From: field is
what the original UA constructs.

Regards,

Tim Kehres

Technical Details

Message-ID: <65@ima.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!sooner.palo-alto.ca.us!ima!kehres

References: <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!sooner.palo-alto.ca.us!ima!kehres
From: kehres@ima.com (Tim Kehres)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
Subject: Re: Return-Path or From: ?
Message-ID: <65@ima.com>
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:38:03 GMT
References: <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com>
Organization: International Messaging Associates, Menlo Park, California
Lines: 19

Reply to Parent Message