Re: whether to prefix myhost! onto the From: or not..

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From: Bob Page
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1987 03:41

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kre@munnari.oz (Robert Elz) wrote in article <1596@munnari.oz>:
>And [sic] address that is in a legal rfc822 format should obviously not
>have myhost! added to it anywhere.

Clear enough.

>For addresses in "host!host!...!user" form, in the From_ or From: line,
>you *must* add your own hostname

...to the From_ line.  Leave the From: line alone.  Yes, this might
break some user agent someplace.  Then again, adding your own hostname
will break somebody else's user agent.  UUCP-only, non-domain sites
should be using the From_ line, since the From: line isn't meant for them.

..Bob
-- 
Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.   page@ulowell.{uucp,edu,csnet}

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From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
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Subject: Re: whether to prefix myhost! onto the From: or not..
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Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 23:41:16 EDT
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