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From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner)
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Subject: Re: how to fix rn return addresses
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Date: 11 Jun 89 22:01:58 GMT
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In-reply-to: karish@forel.stanford.edu's message of 11 Jun 89 20:26:00 GMT

(I recommended ripping out the code that generates Reply-To: headers.)

>Not acceptable for NNTP-only leaf nodes, like the one I'm typing
>to now (forel.stanford.edu).  Mail to karish@portia.stanford.edu is
>guaranteed to bounce.

Examine your article closely, Mr. Karish. Your From: line reads
"karish@forel.stanford.edu". The Reply-To: line, which is identical,
is merely wasted space.

I myself read news with an NNTP client and I have no Reply-To: line as
you can see.

w