Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!brl-adm!seismo!mimsy!cvl!umd5!zben From: zben@umd5.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: return paths Message-ID: <1448@umd5> Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 16:55:19 EST Article-I.D.: umd5.1448 Posted: Tue Feb 17 16:55:19 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Feb-87 21:09:55 EST References: <1442@umd5> <17386@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 26 Xref: utgpu comp.mail.headers:143 comp.mail.misc:82 Summary: Does not redirect advisories In article <17386@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes) writes: > Joe Herman writes: >> I want to send mail (SMTP) from my PC to other sites. However, >> I don't know how to identify myself to other sites. ... > I don't see the problem. > What you really want to do is the following (for example): > HELO joes_pc.umd.edu > MAIL FROM: > ... > From: Joe Herman > You do in fact need to tell the truth in the HELO statement, but are free > to hack your outgoing mailer to give a different FROM address... For that matter he could have included a "Reply-To:" field. But you are missing the point. Internet advisories go back via the reverse-path and not via the Sender: or From: fields. A returning advisory will cause the sending mailer to continuously try to access a nonexistant SMTP server on the joes_pc node... -- umd5.UUCP <= {seismo!mimsy,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben Ben Cranston zben @ umd2.UMD.EDU Kingdom of Merryland UniSys 1100/92 umd2.BITNET "via HASP with RSCS"