In my previous message I wrote: > > An easy way to see what a message with a "glue header" looks like, > is to use the glue.exe program that Howard Schwartz mentioned. > (Thanks for the tip, Howard). > > You have to distinguish between the envelope and the data of an > email message, which is not the same thing as the headers and the > body. The "glue header" contains the addresses that will go in > the envelope (mail from and rcpt to). Everything else (headers > and body) is in the data portion of the message. They are not a > function of the smtp mailer. > > Similarly, using the .txt/.wrk format, the .wrk file contains the > addresses that will go in the envelope (along with the mailhost), > while everything else (headers and body) is in the .txt file. > > Normally the addresses in the envelope will be the same as those > in the data portion (From:, To:, Cc:). The glue.exe program takes > the addresses from the data and creates a "glue header" which it > "glues" to the top of the message so that the message can be sent > using a Pegasus type mailer. > > Similarly the smofsend.exe program will take the addresses from > the same message and create a .txt file, which is the message > itself, and a .wrk file, so that the message can be sent using a > KA9Q type mailer. > > In both cases it is possible to edit the files before they are > sent, so that the addresses in the envelope are not the same as > the addresses in the data. The mailer uses the addresses in the > envelope. Correction: Further testing of smtpop12.exe and sendmail.exe has shown that these Pegasus type mailers do not behave as I expected. They do NOT use the from address ($$) in the "glue header" as the envelope from. Smtpop uses the address that it has been configured to use in maintenance mode, while sendmail uses the address that it is given on the command line. The $$ address in the "glue header" is ignored. The KA9Q type mailers do work as I have described. Howard E. Ottawa, Canada -- DOS TCP/IP * http://www.ncf.ca/~ag221/dosppp.html To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
