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From: arnold@vdelta.volt.com (Dave Arnold)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Rewriting From: lines
Message-ID: <35@vdelta.volt.com>
Date: 7 Dec 88 17:57:08 GMT
References: <1227@vsi1.UUCP> <871@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> <944@dlhpedg.co.uk> <1296@ucsd.EDU> <10510@swan.ulowell.edu>
Organization: Volt Delta Resources, Orange, Ca.
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In article <10510@swan.ulowell.edu>, page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
> brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) wrote:
>>'pacbell' doesn't add its sitename to the "From:" line in mail, but does
>>add it to the "From " line.  The system administrator at host 'pacbell'
>>claims he's doing the right thing.  I think he's wrong.  There it stands.
> 
> You should never edit a From: line.  Never.  Most sendmail sites
> add their hostname to the front of the From: line, which is wrong for

It seems to mean we are getting From: lines and From_ lines confused.
RFC976 says that you *SHOULD* add your 'site' to the beginning of the
From_ line.  The From_ line is used for routing.  It's part of the UUCP
transport envelope.