Re: Pop3 problem

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00

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In article <3349403b@gauss.demon.co.uk>, Andrew Bennett
<ben@gauss.demon.co.uk> writes

> Is there any general way to find the intended recipient of a message
>when using pop3 ?

no

> For Demon's server I can look for the address after
>the string "by mailstore for ", but there are two problems..
>
>a) Demon may change this in the future.

It conforms to a standard format  - so this seems unlikely. You should
parse it properly of course....

You'll find the syntax in RFC821 and RFC822 ... different in each place.
RFC1123 modifies it as well. That's the nice thing about standards,
having so many to choose from.

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