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- From: peters@bsc.guild.org (Peter Sleggs)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
- Subject: Re: Headers??? How many formats?
- Message-ID: <F1NZXB4w165w@bsc.guild.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 09:41:50 EST
- References: <1993Jan25.143459.1@ptavv.llnl.gov>
- Organization: Bellatrix Systems Corp., Mississauga, ONT Canada
- Lines: 40
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- oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov writes:
-
- > Things are getting closer to the truth. The address to whom mail is delivered
- > is, indeed, the envelope address which is not part of the message. This can
- > lead to some strange messages when the To: line and the envelope differ, but
- > is NOT unusual.
- >
- > The reply address MAY be the envelope "from" address, but not necessarily. Th
- > order of prefererence for reply is rather long, but LOTS of header fields tak
- > precidence over the envelope. RFC-822 is quite fuzzy on this, but there can b
- > no question that some fields (e.g. "Reply-To:) must be deferred to. Simply
- > using the envelope "from" field for replys is NOT adequate. The commercial
- > mailer I use determines the corrrect address for replys in the order:
- >
- > Resent-Reply-To:
- > Resent-From:
- > Reply-To:
- > From:
- > Resent-Sender:
- > Sender:
- > envelope "from" address
- >
- > The envelope "from" is pretty much reserved for occasions when there is no
- > useful header information. The RFCs are NOT clear on this order, so some
- > mailers may vary.
-
- Are there standard header lines added by listservers/mailing list
- programs to indicate where bounces should be sent ?
-
- The From/Reply-To usually point to the sender/list address which is
- useless when the list maintainer is ignoring mail to that address, and
- the author has no control over the destinations :(
-
- [ I have a site in our domain that no longer exists and a user was
- subscribed to the isdn mailing list ]
-
-
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- Bellatrix Systems Corp. Mississauga, Ontario Canada
- peters@bsc.guild.org or beltrix!bsc!peters
-