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From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair)
Newsgroups: net.mail
Subject: Re: *uucp* addresses
Message-ID: <161@dual.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Dec-83 00:19:16 EST
Article-I.D.: dual.161
Posted: Mon Dec  5 00:19:16 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Dec-83 00:02:42 EST
References: <1432@utcsstat.UUCP>
Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA
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Well, any magic spell that Armando the Wizard has cast over decvax's
sendmail should reflect itself in the return address. If this is not
the case, then he is doing it `wrong' (where `wrong' is an opinion
on my part, of course).

The thing is, I think that scheme would work out just fine given the
way that uucp return addresses are generated: adding the names of the
machines that a letter passes through, as it passes through.

Letter from Laura to decvax!mumble!frotz!remote!person gets there
through decvax!frotz!remote!person omitting `mumble', and the header
would look something like this:

	From frotz!decvax!utcsstat!laura Mon Jan  1 00:00:01 1970
	Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1983 00:00 EST
	From: Laura Creighton <utcsstat!laura>
	Subject: Flame!
	To: decvax!mumble!frotz!remote!person

or for those of you still stuck with the v7 bell mailer:

	From uucp Mon Jan  1 00:00:01 1970 remote from frotz
	>From uucp Mon Jan  1 00:00:01 1970 remote from decvax
	>From laura Mon Jan  1 00:00:01 1970 remote from utcsstat
	Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1983 00:00 EST
	From: Laura Creighton <utcsstat!laura>
	Subject: Flame!
	To: decvax!mumble!frotz!remote!person

The point is that although the To: line would not reflect reality, the
From line (which most mailers I've ever seen depend on) would be
correct.

	OK Armando, am I right?

	Erik E. Fair	{ucbvax,amd70,zehntel,unisoft}!dual!fair
			Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California

P.S.	Laura, I apologize if you (or anyone else) misconstrues that
	hypothetical header as a criticism of your usual mail to me or
	anyone else. \I/ know that you never flame.