On Thu, 31 Aug 1995 21:02:24 EDT Roger Fajman said:
>(3) In very recent editions of LISTSERV 1.8b (not even all instances of
>1.8b), the address in the SMTP MAIL FROM command (not the From header)
>is null, meaning that no bounce messages should be sent back.
 
As it very well should.
 
>(4) The Microsoft SMTP gateway uses the address from the SMTP MAIL FROM
>command (which may differ from the address in the From header) as the
>address in the Microsolft Mail From field.
 
OK, before Eric gets all fired up on this, let me try for first blood :-)
As a long-time postmaster and listserv co-ordinator, I'm TOTALLY DISGUSTED
with the behavior of these "cutesy PC" mailers that think that such mail
behavior is OK.  It is OUTRIGHT LAZINESS on the vendor's part not to parse
the "real" mail headers for details rather than taking the TOTALLY INVALID
transport layer information as representative of the mail item.  Until
these newfangled mailers accept the fact that there is more to mail than
a simple "from" and a "recipient list" this nonsense will continue.
 
Not picking on you Roger, just venting some pent-up bile on the subject :-)
 
[\] Jeff