Re: return paths

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From: zben
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1987 21:55

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In article <17386@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU 
(Jordan Hayes) writes:

> Joe Herman <dzoey@umd5> writes:

>> I want to send mail (SMTP) from my PC to other sites.  However,
>> I don't know how to identify myself to other sites.  ...

> I don't see the problem.
> What you really want to do is the following (for example):
> HELO joes_pc.umd.edu
> MAIL FROM:<dzoey@maildrop.umd.edu>
> ...
> From: Joe Herman <dzoey@maildrop.umd.edu>
> You do in fact need to tell the truth in the HELO statement, but are free
> to hack your outgoing mailer to give a different FROM address...

For that matter he could have included a "Reply-To:" field.  But you are
missing the point.  Internet advisories go back via the reverse-path and
not via the Sender: or From: fields.  A returning advisory will cause the
sending mailer to continuously try to access a nonexistant SMTP server on
the joes_pc node...
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From: zben@umd5.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: return paths
Message-ID: <1448@umd5>
Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 16:55:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 17 16:55:19 1987
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Summary: Does not redirect advisories

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