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From: dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o)
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Subject: Re: Do you rewrite "From:" lines?
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Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 17:52:21 EDT
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In article <7212@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> Don't forget that even dumb V7 mailers use the To: line if there are multiple
>> recipients.
>
>Um, not correct:  dumb V7 mailers have no concept of mail headers at all,
>much less any specific notions about the "To:" line.  Believe me; we run
>one.  (And as a result we're the only major network hub in this part of
>the world whose mailer is 100% predictable and 100% reliable.)
>-- 
>				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
>				{allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry

	What happens when you get mail that is misaddressed (wrong host, unknown
login name) ? Do you predictably and reliably drop it on the floor ? How can
it be 100% when its based on uucp as its transport ?
	A crashed machine is 100% predictable and reliable, too.