The Via: field?

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2 total messages Started by Stephen R. van den Berg Thu, 15 Oct 1992 10:00

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Author: Stephen R. van den Berg
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 10:00

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I recently noticed that amongst the default ignored fields when displaying
mails, mush includes the Via: field.

Now, I was just wondering, what program generates this field?  Is it some
ancient equivalent to Received: used by old mail transport agents?
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Sincerely,                                  berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
           Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).    berg@physik.tu-muenchen.de

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Re: The Via: field?

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Author: Philip Hazel
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:27

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In article <1992Oct15.100023.3096@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, berg@physik.tu-muenchen.de (Stephen R. van den Berg) writes:
|> I recently noticed that amongst the default ignored fields when displaying
|> mails, mush includes the Via: field.
|>
|> Now, I was just wondering, what program generates this field?  Is it some
|> ancient equivalent to Received: used by old mail transport agents?

The "Grey Book" mail protocol used on the JANET network in the academic
community in the UK uses Via: fields and not Received: fields. This may not be
the only use, of course.

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