Miles Fidelman:
> Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Recipient verification does not expand a local alias (imagine what
> > would have to be done to verify with addresses in .forward files,
> > or in a mail distribution list).
> >
> >   
> Maybe I'm dense, but what would be the problem with verifying addresses 
> in .forward files?

Basically, the problem is the same as with other mechanisms,
namely that the expansion may produce multiple results.

Address verification would be a lot more complicated if it
had do deal with forks and recursion.

> For list managers, it's a different story - the list manager needs NDNs 
> in order to identify and remove bad addresses.

Not all local aliases do or must replace the envelope sender.

        Wietse

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