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From: lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
Subject: Re: Header stripper
Message-ID: <1621@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>
Date: 9 Apr 91 19:33:16 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.063227.25582@engin.umich.edu> <10712@rls.UUCP>
Organization: Athabasca University
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randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) writes:
> *    Easily achieved because the first line of a mail or news
> *    header must begin with "Path:" and the last line of the
> *    header must be a blank line.

This is incorrect. There is no "Path:" header defined for RFC822 mail,
and if one is present, there's no guarantee that it will be the first
header. The "Path:" header must be present in news articles, but again
there is no guarantee that it will be the first header, although all
existing news transports that I'm aware of will place it there.

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    Lyndon Nerenberg  VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University
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