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From: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
Subject: Re: Real data to support my claim that '-d sun' is the way to go.
Keywords: smail 3.1
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Date: 8 Aug 88 12:14:51 GMT
References: <3703@palo-alto.DEC.COM> <10139@g.ms.uky.edu> <5124@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
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In article <5124@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> wisner@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Bill Wisner) writes:
>[ explanation of Return-Path According to RFC822 ]
>
>The only MTS I know of that handles this correctly is Smail 3.1,
>which puts a copy of the From_ line into a Return-Path line if a
>message is being delivered by the "local" transport.

Has anyone seen smail 3.1?  I was able to find 3.0 in killer's archives
but it appears not to be any substantial change over 2.5.  The dates and
version numbers are the same as 2.5 anyway.  This Return-Path looks like
a nice new wrinkle.  It also looks like something worth adding into the
"reply" function of something like Berkeley mail.

What are the new features of smail 3.1?  Where can we get it?  Is it
worth having smail look for "Return-Path" instead of re-routing if
the last site!user is the same as the one in the From:?  Don't shudder
too hard on the last one, I know the snake population and depth of
that pit :-)
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