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Article #1354Re: user's aliases on the To: line (was: UUnet and munging headers.)
From: Richard Doty
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 22:35
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 22:35
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In article <8aWqJZv0BwwOES_4p_@transarc.com> Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM writes:
>First, let's point out that the proper syntax (1) requires commas
>between addressees and (2) requires host names on each addressee. Thus,
>the example should be:
>
> To: foo: user1@dom.one, user2@some.dom, user3@dom.xxx ;
I agree with the commas, but the individual destinations are
mailboxes, so I would think they could be local addresses, too.
>Having said that, what do you mean by ``get mail groups to work''? What
>do you believe is supposed to happen? What I believe should happen is
>that mail to the above list would be delivered to the three addressees
>``user1@dom.one'', ``user2@some.dom'', and ``user3@dom.xxx''. And, yes,
>the addresses are supposed to stay intact in the actual message header
>text, though I suppose they wouldn't have to if you wanted your MUA to
>remove them.
According to RFC1123,
When a message is delivered or forwarded to each address of an
expanded list form, the return address in the envelope ("MAIL
FROM:") MUST be changed to be the address of a person who
administers the list, but the message header MUST be left
unchanged; in particular, the "From" field of the message is
unaffected.
That's what I expect to happen.
The only reference to list syntax that I am familiar with in sendmail.cf
is this from S3:
R$+:$*;@$+ $@$1:$2;@$3 list syntax
R$+:$*; $@$1:$2; list syntax
So suppose my local mailer receives a message for
bind-hacks:;@puffin.uss.tek.com
I am still not clear how people handle list format, without a unique mailer
definition (at the least). Bill Wisner says list format is used commonly,
but I've never seen it so I guess I've been "haunting the wrong corners
of the Internet all this time..." :-)
Anyway, I'd still like to see a real code example.
Richard.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekgen!puffin!rad From: rad@puffin.USS.TEK.COM (Richard Doty) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: user's aliases on the To: line (was: UUnet and munging headers.) Message-ID: <6217@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> Date: 29 Jun 90 22:35:03 GMT References: <6205@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> <8aWqJZv0BwwOES_4p_@transarc.com> Sender: news@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM Reply-To: rad@puffin.USS.TEK.COM (Richard Doty) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 45