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From: Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM
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Subject: Re: user's aliases on the To: line (was: UUnet and munging headers.)
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Date: 29 Jun 90 14:27:49 GMT
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.mail.misc: 28-Jun-90 Re: user's aliases on
> the T.. Richard Doty@puffin.USS. (396)

> What I'd like to know is how
> people get mail _groups_ to work, i.e.

> 	To: foo: user1 user2@some.dom user3 ;

> The configs I have seen just forward these things along, none
> actually try to process them.

First, let's point out that the proper syntax (1) requires commas
between addressees and (2) requires host names on each addressee.  Thus,
the example should be:

	To: foo: user1@dom.one, user2@some.dom, user3@dom.xxx ;

Having said that, what do you mean by ``get mail groups to work''?  What
do you believe is supposed to happen?  What I believe should happen is
that mail to the above list would be delivered to the three addressees
``user1@dom.one'', ``user2@some.dom'', and ``user3@dom.xxx''.  And, yes,
the addresses are supposed to stay intact in the actual message header
text, though I suppose they wouldn't have to if you wanted your MUA to
remove them.

		Craig