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

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From: der Mouse
Date: Sun, 31 May 1987 07:37
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>>> All the standards (822, 976) explicitly say you leave the From:
>>> line in domain format - it is not and was never a bang path.

>> What if it isn't in domain format originally?  What happens to mail
>> that was really truly sent to a bang address?

> There is no such thing as a bang address.

Gee, what's that thing on the command line after "mail"?

% mail snarf\!mumble\!scream\!person

What should appear on the To: line of this letter?

					der Mouse

				(mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp)
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Message-ID: <788@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cmcl2!philabs!micomvax!musocs!mcgill-vision!mouse
References: <16238@amdcad.AMD.COM> <3546@cbosgd.ATT.COM> <749@mcgill-vision.UUCP> <950@xanth.UUCP>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cmcl2!philabs!micomvax!musocs!mcgill-vision!mouse
From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: whether to prefix myhost! onto the From: or not..
Message-ID: <788@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 31-May-87 03:37:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcgill-v.788
Posted: Sun May 31 03:37:08 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 02:58:54 EDT
References: <16238@amdcad.AMD.COM> <3546@cbosgd.ATT.COM> <749@mcgill-vision.UUCP> <950@xanth.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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