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Re: is uunet breaking your headers?

#1325
From: David S. Herron
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 1990 00:58
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In article <2752.26638923@mccall.com> tp@mccall.com writes:
>In article <13952@ucsd.Edu>, brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) writes:
>> I don't know why I'm putting my foot into this one, but....
..
>> Some uucp hosts, particularly those running sendmail, WILL update the
>> RFC822 "From: " line. 
..
>The sendmail sites (and anyone foolish enough to emulate them) are wrong.
>Headers shouldn't be modified! This is according to RFC822.  ...



*Unless* you're gatewaying 'tween the two environments..



Remember -- out in UUCP land RFC-822 doesn't exist everywhere
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From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: is uunet breaking your headers?
Message-ID: <7260@gollum.twg.com>
Date: 7 Jun 90 00:58:58 GMT
References: <QCN3ISG@xds13.ferranti.com> <KARL.90May23204613@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu> <8955@gouda.quad.com> <13952@ucsd.Edu> <2752.26638923@mccall.com>
Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
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