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From: Gds@MIT-XX.ARPA (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.mail.headers
Subject: Re:  user-editable mail headers
Message-ID: <800@hou3c.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 25-Aug-84 06:43:53 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 25 06:43:53 1984
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To: header-people@MIT-MC.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Mark Crispin <MRC@SU-SCORE.ARPA>" of Fri 24 Aug 84 11:28:27-EDT


    From: Mark Crispin <MRC@SU-SCORE.ARPA>

    The command which GDS uses to generate "From: Gregbo" is a power
    tool in MM and not a result of any failure in it.  There are
    other commands which can be used to "become" some other user which
    do ensure valid RFC 822 header lines.  A "power tool" is something
    which lets the user go beyond the program's (narrow) interpretation
    of whatever standard...either to use some unimplemented or new
    feature...or in this case to violate it.

Now hold on!  Just because I like to modify my headers, it doesn't
mean that I am violating the mailsystem!  I've seen some really
ridiculous headers in my day, and mine is quite reasonable compared to
those! 

Greg Skinner
Gds@MIT-XX.ARPA
ihnp4!houxm!gregbo (UUCP)
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