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Re: Bogus addresses

#3117
From: Russ Nelson
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 1990 18:11
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In article <2983@polari.UUCP> tronix@polari.UUCP (David Daniel) writes:

   []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   []outdated versions of 'rn,' but what is adding the Reply-To: errors?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.

Rn's INIT file has model headers.  The Reply-To: field has a %s.UUCP in it,
*even* if your site has a FQDN, and uses it in the From: field.

   []Secondly, one site on the net seems to be deliberately BREAKING
   []outgoing addressing by making all postings and mail come from:
   []	nobody@XXXXX.com

Oh, you mean kodak.com?  [call a spade a spade.]  I've been yelling at
their postmaster for months, or more correctly, telling Kodak users to
yell at their sysadmin.  No change yet.
-russ
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From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Bogus addresses
Message-ID: <NELSON.90Dec25131102@image.clarkson.edu>
Date: 25 Dec 90 18:11:02 GMT
References: <1990Dec24.025350.26945@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <2983@polari.UUCP>
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