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From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: rewriting FROM: lines
Keywords: RFC 822, RFC 976, rudeness, bounce
Message-ID: <1989May17.194701.16816@ateng.ateng.com>
Date: 17 May 89 23:47:00 GMT
References: <1936@edison.GE.COM>
Distribution: usa
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to rja@edison.GE.COM (rja):
>Lately I find that sites out in UUCP-only land are doing
>rude things by way of rewriting my FROM: lines in bizarre
>ways.

If only the UUCP sites were the only ones at fault!  My most recent problems
have been with cs.utexas.edu and Sun.COM, not exactly UUCP backwaters.

Let's all chant the Mail Header Mantra:

>If the From: line contains a clean RFC 822 domain-name address,
>PLEASE don't rewrite it.

I couldn't agree more.  In fact, I personally would extend this courtesy
to "user@host.UUCP"; but I suppose I'm just a reactionary.  :-)
-- 
Chip Salzenberg             <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
A T Engineering             Me?  Speak for my company?  Surely you jest!
	  "It's no good.  They're tapping the lines."