- -----Original Message----- - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andy Schmidt - Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 18:52 - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Return-Path - proper use? - - - >> Im curious how this would be achieved without setting the - >> return-path: - header previously: - - "It is possible for the mailbox in the return path to be - different from the actual sender's mailbox, for example, if - error responses are to be delivered to a special error - handling mailbox rather than to the message sender. << - - I believe you are reading to deep into this. What they are - saying is very simple - you set your ENVELOPE FROM to the - intended BOUNCE address and your header FROM to your - "regular" address. - - The final SMTP server will PRESERVE the ENVELOPE FROM to the - RETURN PATH header, so that any bounces AFTER completion of - the SMTP process still know where to send bounces to.
As I read RFC2821 7.2, second paragraph, a mail system should NOT do exactly this. -- Regards, Terrence Koeman Technical Director/Administrator MediaMonks B.V. (www.mediamonks.nl) Please quote all replies in correspondence.
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