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Article #5354Explanation on why reply may not work needed
From: David Elliott
Date: Mon, 08 May 1989 15:04
Date: Mon, 08 May 1989 15:04
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We use uucp, and when we get mail from the outside world, it is
often the case that the From: line doesn't match the Return-Path:
line. For example, I received a message this morning in which
the lines were:
Return-Path: <nbires!usenix!uunet!apple.com!timo>
From: Timo <usenix!uunet!apple.com!timo>
This same thing happens if one of the sites involved is "pyramid",
and at one time also happened with "verdix".
I talked to the folks at pyramid last year, and was told that
it is actually improper for mailers to modify the From: line.
I need to explain to people in my company why they need to be
careful when replying to mail messages from outside.
--
David Elliott dce@Solbourne.COM
...!{boulder,nbires,sun}!stan!dce
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!stan!dce From: dce@Solbourne.COM (David Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Explanation on why reply may not work needed Message-ID: <1017@marvin.Solbourne.COM> Date: 8 May 89 15:04:14 GMT Reply-To: dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Colorado Lines: 20