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oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov writes:

> Things are getting closer to the truth. The address to whom mail is delivered
> is, indeed, the envelope address which is not part of the message. This can
> lead to some strange messages when the To: line and the envelope differ, but 
> is NOT unusual.
> 
> The reply address MAY be the envelope "from" address, but not necessarily. Th
> order of prefererence for reply is rather long, but LOTS of header fields tak
> precidence over the envelope. RFC-822 is quite fuzzy on this, but there can b
> no question that some fields (e.g. "Reply-To:) must be deferred to. Simply
> using the envelope "from" field for replys is NOT adequate. The commercial
> mailer I use determines the corrrect address for replys in the order:
> 
> Resent-Reply-To:
> Resent-From:
> Reply-To:
> From:
> Resent-Sender:
> Sender:
> envelope "from" address
> 
> The envelope "from" is pretty much reserved for occasions when there is no
> useful header information. The RFCs are NOT clear on this order, so some
> mailers may vary.

Are there standard header lines added by listservers/mailing list
programs to indicate where bounces should be sent ?

The From/Reply-To usually point to the sender/list address which is
useless when the list maintainer is ignoring mail to that address, and
the author has no control over the destinations :(

[ I have a site in our domain that no longer exists and a user was
subscribed to the isdn mailing list ]


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