Re: Trouble with From: lines

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From: Robert Elz
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1986 23:00

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In article <597@cullvax.UUCP>, news@cullvax.UUCP writes :
> Incoming ARPA messages used to come to us with headers saying things like
> 	From: arpa-feed!user@arpa.site
> which worked fine--one could reply to it, etc.  Recently this has
> changed (the "arpa-feed!" part isn't added)
> ....
> It used to work and now it doesn't.  Am I being unreasonable?

Yes, I think you are.  To do what you want properly, your feed site
would have to know the characteristics of every site it feeds (and really,
every site, everywhere) and generate addresses in the form that that
site likes.  That's absurd.  Much better is to have a standard, and
have everyone comply with that.

If that means that some sites have to upgrade their software, then
that's just the way it is.  Reconcile yourself to this.

Robert Elz			postmaster@munnari.oz

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!munnari!kre
From: kre@munnari.oz (Robert Elz)
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Subject: Re: Trouble with From: lines
Message-ID: <1353@munnari.oz>
Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 18:00:43 EST
Article-I.D.: munnari.1353
Posted: Wed Dec  3 18:00:43 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 3-Dec-86 23:20:34 EST
References: <597@cullvax.UUCP>
Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia
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