On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 12:19:45PM +1000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > >> i guess antigen didn't specify any @ in From:, and the other mta's > > >> filled in their own name for some reason... > > > > > > That's the default behavior of all MTA's I'm familiar with. > > > > Some MTAs do indeed qualify random unqualified addresses they find > > with their own mail domain name. > > The reason is so the you can type mail <username> and have it end up at the > right place. i.e. you don't need to know the mail domain to send a mail to > the local user. They also fix the from address so that if the message is > forwarded offsite, the reply still makes it.
They should still do that only with mail that originated from the local addresses, not random remotely received junk. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]