Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!nsc!amdahl!twg.com!david From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: is uunet breaking your headers? Message-ID: <7260@gollum.twg.com> Date: 7 Jun 90 00:58:58 GMT References: <8955@gouda.quad.com> <13952@ucsd.Edu> <2752.26638923@mccall.com> Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 22 In article <2752.26638923@mccall.com> tp@mccall.com writes: >In article <13952@ucsd.Edu>, brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) writes: >> I don't know why I'm putting my foot into this one, but.... .. >> Some uucp hosts, particularly those running sendmail, WILL update the >> RFC822 "From: " line. .. >The sendmail sites (and anyone foolish enough to emulate them) are wrong. >Headers shouldn't be modified! This is according to RFC822. ... *Unless* you're gatewaying 'tween the two environments.. Remember -- out in UUCP land RFC-822 doesn't exist everywhere -- <- David Herron, an MMDF weenie, <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <- <- Sign me up for one "I survived Jaka's Story" T-shirt!