On Sun, 12 May 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> > Hallo Trish, > > Am Sonntag, 12. Mai 2002 um 14:48 schriebst du: > > I hope you don't object that I'm forwarding this to the XMail list. > > > OK after a little research, the "From " line is inserted by the MTA after > > first recieving the mail, and is created using the "MAIL FROM:" line in > > the SMTP transaction. After that, this is preserved in the header through > > relays. for some reason XMail is munging it, because it stays preserved > > with all the other MTAs. > > > After some research, I've concluded JT is right, and this is an MTA issue. please take a look at the RFC822, by pushing a non "fields" conformant line inside the headers section you're breaking the RFC. please read it, it's simple. the mbox "From ..." line must be pushed _only_ by MUAs for messages that have reached their final destination. you cannot shoot a message with an mbox "From ..." line to an MTA because MTAs, by definition, are RFC822 data routers. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
