I didn't send an rfc822 message, the point being that to get something through via rfc821 (smtp), you don't need to follow rfc822 (which deals with what you put inside the smtp envelope).
It is generally up to the mua (ie the client) to put the headers in, some will allow you to play with them, some will stick to what is preprogrammed in (either by the programmer or by the setting up of the client for a partcular user/account). The original question was how to get mozilla to change the headers it normally sends. My response was to show that your mua can put whatever damn headers it likes. If it doesn't stick to rfc822 some things may break [1], but delivery to the envelope address should not break, as in the email I sent to the list with no headers. It had no headers supplied in the original data and only an envelope sender and envelope recipient address (and I could have put almost anything for the envelope sender address except I think you have to be subscribed to this list to post, so i had to put a valid envelope-sender address). [1] e.g bouncing will probably break. On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 14:11:28 +1200 Michael JasonSmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 11:45, Nick Rout wrote: > > All I am trying to say is that your MUA does not HAVE to put any headers > > in, and the headers have nothing to do with delivery, the message is > > delivered by smtp, using the envelope address. the from: and to: headers > > inside the envelope are irrelevant. > > Correct, but you cannot say you have sent an email message, rather you > used SMTP to transfer a file. Not that it makes any difference except > to pedants like me ;) > > -- > Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/ > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
