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- Subject: Reverse-rewriting an empty From:-header
- Message-ID: <01GPNAE5Y5DG8Y51VJ@camb.com>
- From: Bob Tinkelman <bob@camb.com>
- Date: 06 Oct 1992 23:48:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
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- I sometimes see ``service messages'' from Message Router which produce
- mail with empty From:-headers. My first thought was to rewrite such
- empty From:-headers so that the mail came from the postmaster.
-
- (1) Is this a good idea?
- (2) If so, can I do it with the REVERSE mapping? I haven't been able to
- figure it out so far.
- (3) Is there some way to prevent this ``empty From:-header'' situation
- from arising in the first place?
- (4) What's the prospect on standardization on the format of these
- Service messages?
-
- Attached is one such message.
-