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Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Oh, oh. Now what?
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Date: 25 Jun 1997 16:34:10 -0500
To: Knotwork Admin <root @ knotwork . com>
Cc: Peter Ha <peterha @ people . kayhay . com>, barryc @ spots . ab . ca, cputt @ kayhay . com, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: Knotwork Admin's message of Wed, 25 Jun 1997 18:08:27 -0300 (ADT)
References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970625174931.25023B-100000@god.knotwork.com>

>>>>> "KA" == Knotwork Admin <root@knotwork.com> writes:

KA> I do not know whether majordomo uses the envelope "From " pseudoheader
KA> or the "From:" header; perhaps the former to cut down a little on
KA> spoofing. So I am Cc:-ing the majordomo list for info on that angle.

It uses Reply-To:, From:, and Apparently-From:, in that order.  To use the
envelope sender, even it appeared dependably in the headers (it does not),
would be extremely antisocial since that is the address that bounces, not
correspondence, should be sent to.
-- 
  Jason L. Tibbitts III - tibbs@uh.edu - 713/743-3486 - 622PGH
System Manager:  University of Houston Department of Mathematics 
              1994 PC800 "Kuroneko"     DoD# 1723


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