can someone point me to the source of this new "standard" that assigns
different From: addresses according to the MUA used so that there are
several different addresses on outgoing address that all point to the
same incoming address?

-phil


> On 27 Mar 97 at 11:48, J. Philip Miller wrote:
>
> > you need to have a serious talk to your ISP about this discrepancy
> > in the From: addresses.  LISTSERV (and lots of other software)
> > identify you by this address.  It is a big mistake for them to
> > insert "pop" or "SMTP" into the from address.
>
> Hello again Professor Miller,
>
> Not to disagree with you, but upon receiving your very kind response,
> I contacted both my ISP and the author or the mail client I use.
> Both parties separately told me that the current e-mail "standard''
> requires the "pop'' and "smtp" to be added to incoming and outgoing
> e-mail.  My ISP is Ultranet Communications Inc. in Marlborough MA.
> The President is Geoff Schultz ([log in to unmask]).  My mail
> client is Pegasus for Windows v2.53 (Win 32), The author is David
> Harris ([log in to unmask]).  Hey, what do I know....
>  Further, Ultranet's Tech Support indicated that SOME list server
> software picks up the subscriber's address from the headers of the
> message received from the subscriber which has "pop" inserted into
> the subscriber's address.  This then causes the software to respond
> to commands by indicating that the subscriber isn't subscribed.
> Again. what do I know....
>


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