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- From: scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
- Subject: Return-Path or From: ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 02:42:11 GMT
- Organization: Ryptyde TimeSharing, San Diego, CA
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- I have heard conflicting reports on this. Hopefully someone out there
- knows the whole story.
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- Which is the correct field for a mailer to use when getting the address
- from a message to reply to it:
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- Return-Path: *or* From:
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- Seems to me that the Return-Path is often unreliable and should be
- avoided, but there still seem to be sites on the net that use this.
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- Any information or references (RFC's?) would be appreciated.
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- Thanks in advance,
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- Scott
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