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> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 16:46:09 +0100
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> On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 09:15:22AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> >
> > I think it is useful to consider there as being three types of mail programs
> > instead of just two. There MTAs, MUAs and injection programs. I believe it
> > is the injection programs' responsibility to strip bcc headers. The issue
> > is a bit confused by sendmail, becuase the same binary runs in different
> > modes as both an MTA and an injection program.
>
> I agree, this changes my original stand a little bit in that indeed
> _injection_ programs should strip Bcc's.
Back in the 80's, when I was a Lisp Machine administrator, the Symbolics email
system would send bcc'd mail *with* the bcc header to those who were on the
BCC list and without it to those who weren't. This was kinda nice because you
never had to wonder why you got a message that you were bcc'd to. Also you
knew who else was on the bcc.
Maybe not everybody thinks this functionality is a good thing, but if injection
programs strip BCC, then it becomes impossible to provide.
Chris
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