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- From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
- Subject: Re: Return-Path or From: ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.152701.26643@mp.cs.niu.edu>
- Organization: Northern Illinois University
- References: <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:27:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.024211.20761@ryptyde.cts.com> scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes:
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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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- You are supposed to use "Reply-To:" if there is one, otherwise "From:".
- Don't ever use "Return-Path:". It is highly unreliable.
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