Article View: comp.mail.misc
Article #2663Re: Where is the From: header created?
From: Craig_Everhart
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 16:01
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 16:01
20 lines
1342 bytes
1342 bytes
Beware: possible inflammatory content ahead. Excerpts from netnews.comp.mail.misc: 23-Jan-91 Where is the From: header c.. Michael Nolan@helios.unl (283) > On my NCR Tower/450 (not this sytem) running V.2, I don't get From: headers > when I send e-mail. I'm using mailx (mostly because I'm too lazy to find/ > figure out anything better.) What program is supposed to place the From: line > in the header? Some folks (like me) think that it's the job of a mail composition agent to build a From: field, while some folks think that composition agents don't have to dirty their hands with such things and thus leave it up to sendmail (part MTA, part user agent) to add them. Certainly a message needs a From: field before it leaves your site, and before it's finally delivered (if it should be delivered locally), if you buy into RFC 822 at all. Craig
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<gbbPB2n0BwwOAbUnYg@transarc.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!TRANSARC.COM!Craig_EverhartReferences:
<nolan.664601383@helios>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!TRANSARC.COM!Craig_Everhart From: Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Where is the From: header created? Message-ID: <gbbPB2n0BwwOAbUnYg@transarc.com> Date: 23 Jan 91 16:01:06 GMT References: <nolan.664601383@helios> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: comp Lines: 20