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Article #3115Bogus addresses
From: David Lesher
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 1990 02:53
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 1990 02:53
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I've got a couple bogus address questions: I've been seeing posts from people with valid FQDN From: headers, but then an added Reply-To: foobar.UUCP header too! Now I know the bogus .UUCP cruft in the From: headers typically comes outdated versions of 'rn,' but what is adding the Reply-To: errors? I see too many to think they are being done by hand. Secondly, one site on the net seems to be deliberately BREAKING outgoing addressing by making all postings and mail come from: nobody@XXXXX.com and doing the same with the Reply-To: line, too. This seems to be some internal dispute in the company. My question is: what do the RFC's say about generating unusable addresses? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!news.miami.edu!mthvax!wb8fozShow Full Headers
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!news.miami.edu!mthvax!wb8foz From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.mail.misc Subject: Bogus addresses Keywords: some deliberate Message-ID: <1990Dec24.025350.26945@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Date: 24 Dec 90 02:53:50 GMT Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Distribution: na Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers Lines: 23