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Re: Sendmail Question (I Think)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jos Vos)
Thu Nov 7 12:24:36 1996
From: Jos Vos <jos@xos.nl>
To: ray@fred.net
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 17:58:48 +0100 (MET)
Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611071639.LAA00907@picard.fred.net> from "Ray Curtis" at Nov 7, 96 11:39:28 am
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> I have a general question about sendmail, I have recently
> been sending mail to someone that uses a brain dead MS-Mail
> systen and it picks up the Return-Path to reply to, is this
> a normal function of some mailers ? Therefore all mail to
> him is bounced, I thought most mailers picked up the From:
> or Reply-To: lines.
Using up the Return-Path is definitely wrong.
From RFC822, the definitive guide:
4.3.1. RETURN-PATH
This field is added by the final transport system that
delivers the message to its recipient. The field is intended
to contain definitive information about the address and route
back to the message's originator.
Note: The "Reply-To" field is added by the originator and
serves to direct replies, whereas the "Return-Path"
field is used to identify a path back to the origina-
tor.
While the syntax indicates that a route specification is
optional, every attempt should be made to provide that infor-
mation in this field.
Replies should be directed to the address of the Reply-To field or,
if this field is not present, to the address of the From field.
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