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Re: PCELM Source?

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00
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In article <6pk03j$em5@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>, Jonathan McDowell <jonmcd@bireh0
55.europe.nortel.com> writes

>I can't speak for Demon as I've never used its POP3 service, but in my 
>experience of other POP3 accounts the received line is a good, but by no
>means perfect method of finding the recipient of a message.

Demon's "Received:" line is an accurate representation of the SMTP
envelope RCPT TO:  (the MAIL FROM ends up in Return-Path)

> I currently
>check the Recieved:, To: & CC: headers, in that order of preference,

good advice for a general package to be used with other systems

> and
>there are still messages which get through without a recipient on my system.

-- 
richard                       writing to inform and not as company policy
 http://www.demon.net/news/features/crypto/  for Demon's views on crypto
"Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind" quoted in ZAMM
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From: Richard Clayton <richard@turnpike.com>
Subject: Re: PCELM Source?
Date: 1998/07/28
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