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From: GDS@MIT-XX.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.mail.headers
Subject: Re:  user-editable mail headers
Message-ID: <773@hou3c.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 19:59:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 21 19:59:48 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 24-Aug-84 04:34:07 EDT
Sender: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist)
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In-Reply-To: Message from "Stephen Wolff <steve@BRL-BMD.ARPA>" of Sat 18 Aug 84 22:12:45-EDT


    From:     Stephen Wolff <steve@BRL-BMD.ARPA>

    Can anyone explicate an honest reason for editing the From: line of a
    message?  It is certainly not possible in our mailer without exercising
    privilege, and I had blithely assumed that to be universally the case.

    I should hate to have to regard every message as a potential forgery.


I often use my nickname (gregbo) in the From: field and use my real
name in the Sender: field.  It's not to be fraudulent, just to have a
little fun.

--gregbo
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