At 12:27 AM +0000 4/18/01, Jeremy Gray wrote:
(What's up with your attributions? I wrote the double-quoted stuff.)
>>A- If you really want to hide that information, use FirstClass on a
>>Mac or NT box. Or better yet, QuickMail 1.x with StarNine Internet
>>Gateway.
>>
>>B- Judging from a quick & extremely unscientific survey of headers in
>>various incoming emails on my laptop, it appears that whether or not
>>the sender's IP appears in the Received: header is dependent on some
>>combination of client & server, & further that it is by no means
>>restricted to Qmail.
>>
>>I'll refrain from commenting on whether suppressing the sender's IP
>>info would actually be desirable.
>>
>>-Kit
>
>I would have to paste exactally what is being shown,
That would be helpful if you want anything closer to an accurate answer.
>I know that by default the senders actual ip is sent, but this is
>also showing the full local hostname / email address of the sender.
>I could see how
>it would be annoying to start getting mail for your business to your
>home local isp. In my case, I dont even use my local isp mail, so if
>someone responded to something like that, I wouldnt even get the mail.
>Could make for people thinking I'm ignoring them.
Why would they go through Received: headers to get in touch with you?
That's just a bizarre concept.
-Kit
