On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 at 20:39 GMT, Jason R. Mastaler penned:
> 
> I agree with you that this is non-intuitive.  Most people assume 'to'
> refers to the address in the 'To:' header ([EMAIL PROTECTED] in our
> example).  I think this stems from the fact that most people don't
> understand the difference between the envelope sender and recipient
> addresses defined during the SMTP transaction[1], and those in the rfc
> 2822 headers of the message ('From:', 'To:', 'Cc:', etc).  These may
> or may not be the same.  The envelope information however is much more
> reliable, which is why TMDA caters to it.
> 

As I said, I simply don't have a strong enough grasp of how email works
=)  Yet another thing to study in my copious spare time!


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monique
Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please
don't email me directly.  I will most likely see your post before I read
your mail, anyway.

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