Re: Reverse Path line and the current PUNT software.

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From: Tom Hughes
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <v02140404accc14e4adb2@[158.152.8.10]> Alan Staniforth (alan@bones.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> Thanks for the reply aDe. I hadn't looked on that as saying it was
> forbidden to pass on the envelope information (by my reading of RFC 822 the
> envelope is not a header it defines.) I suppose though that the absolute
> prohibition on the use of RCPT
> TO:<@domain1.com,@domain2.com:user@domain3.com> makes it useless
> information anyhow.

Indeed. Section 5.2.6 discusses RCPT TO: and says that source routes
shouldn't be used in that part of the envelope. It also says that the
intention is to abolish source routing, so it is fairly pointless to
supply it in the MAIL FROM: part of the envelope.

Tom

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