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KA9Q .WRK files - Reverse path

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From: Mark Rogers
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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   8.17 Other Information
   ----------------------
   (...)
     
     Destination mail domain
     From mail address
     Addressee of recipient.....
     Addressee of recipient.....
     Addressee of recipient.....
     
   (...)
     The second line is the reverse path for returning any messages
     back to the originator.

Does this mean that putting (eg) "errors@holly.demon.co.uk" as the From 
mail address would be a useful idea [*], or am I missing something? Would 
this be a useful thing for mailing list software (eg SmofList) to set 
automatically, so that non-delivery messages don't get sent back to the 
list? Or is DISPC only telling part of the story?

[*] - Note: I am not suggesting everyone arranges for their bounce 
messages to get sent to me - I would prefer people to use their own 
address here :-)

On a seperate issue, DISPC.TXT says that sequence.seq holds the number of 
the *next* message to be queued; in use by cppnews it appears to hold the 
number of the *previous* message sent. Which is right?

Mark.
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int MeaningOfLife (void) { return 42; }   // mcr@holly.demon.co.uk
function MeaningOfLife :integer; begin MeaningOfLife := 6 * 9 end;
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From: Mark Rogers <mcr@holly.demon.co.uk>
Subject: KA9Q .WRK files - Reverse path
Date: 1996/01/03
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