Where is somewhere?

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From: Mike Van Pelt
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1988 00:49

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Why do some sites put a site of "somewhere" in their
return paths to mail?  Just to gratuitously break the
"Reply" command?  An example, I sent a message to 
foo@cam.mit.edu, and his reply to me arrived with
a from address of cam.mit.edu!somewhere!foo.  I didn't
notice, and my reply bounced back because cam.mit.edu
didn't know about the site "somewhere".

Arf.
-- 
"I hate trolls.  Maybe I could metamorph it into    | Mike Van Pelt
 something else -- like a ravenous, two-headed,     | Unisys, Silicon Valley
 fire-breathing dragon."  -- Willow.                | vanpelt@unisv.UUCP

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From: vanpelt@unisv.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Where is somewhere?
Message-ID: <585@unisv.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 88 00:49:53 GMT
Reply-To: vanpelt@unisv.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Organization: Unisys Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA
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