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From: oc@vmp.com (Orlan Cannon)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Which headers may Sendmail re-write?
Message-ID: <1990Dec27.153116.10620@vmp.com>
Date: 27 Dec 90 15:31:16 GMT
References: <1990Dec18.182210.12980@Think.COM> <27710D99.140E@tct.uucp> <1990Dec22.180814.10207@vmp.com> <1990Dec26.160148.19573@chinet.chi.il.us>
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In article <1990Dec26.160148.19573@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>In article <1990Dec22.180814.10207@vmp.com> oc@vmp.com (Orlan Cannon) writes:
>
>>The answer is to talk to your UUCP neighbors.  Ask what kind of
>>MTA or MUA they use.  Mung the headers accordingly.  Don't make
>>a universal rule of it.
>
>No, it's more complicated than this if the neighbor site forwards on
>to anyone else.
>
>>We've got plenty of universal rules that work just fine.  Local
>>exceptions are *OK*.  As long as *you and your neighbor* know
>>what you're doing.
>
>*And anyone your neighbor might forward to.*

You are absolutely right here.  There has to be a trickle-down effect.
In bringing up these subjects with your UUCP neighbors, you should
also be encouraging them to talk to their further downstream neighbors.

>>Talking with your local UUCP neighbor does.  UUNET, are you listening?
>
>In fact uunet will give you your choice of munged or unmunged headers
>but the choice made for the first hop may not be correct for the next.  

Not exactly.  UUNET will do what you tell them to do, but they will not
offer you the choice unless *you* bring it up.  Given their prominent
position, if they were to distribute information or otherwise aid in
educating their customers in what really happens to their mail once
it goes out into the world, they might be able to make a real
difference.

More so than news postings that they may not read.



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Orlan Cannon                            oc@vmp.com
Video Marketing & Publications, Inc.    (800) 627-4551
Oradell, NJ 07649