Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site down.FUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!down!honey From: honey@down.FUN (Peter Honeyman) Newsgroups: net.mail,net.mail.headers Subject: Re: From lines in mail headers Message-ID: <506@down.FUN> Date: Mon, 27-May-85 10:33:48 EDT Article-I.D.: down.506 Posted: Mon May 27 10:33:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 29-May-85 23:40:53 EDT References: <487@bonnie.UUCP> <524@decuac.UUCP> Organization: Princeton University, EECS Lines: 8 Xref: watmath net.mail:871 net.mail.headers:449 regarding fred's assertion that "UUCP mailers all over are 'assaulting' [the From:] line," let's get our facts straight. uucp never ever ever looks at the body of a mail message. the culprits are those new improved cute-as-a-shithouse mailers like sendmail and smail, that resolve to foist their vile inconsistencies on the unsuspecting world. fear not, better ideas await in the wings. peter