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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: AOL mail traffic
From:
"C. Harald Koch" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 8 May 1997 16:58:13 -0400
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BKnowles's message of "Thu, 08 May 1997 16:17:20 -0400". <[log in to unmask]>
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To: [log in to unmask] cc: [log in to unmask], IBM TCP/IP List <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
 
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Brad Knowles writes:
> Your message dated: Thu, 08 May 1997 16:07:42 EDT
>
> > - I merely object to rejecting mail based on a source route appearing in the
> >   MAIL From: command.
>
>     Object all you want.  It was already a "SHOULD NOT generate"
> in RFC 1123 (over six years ago), and the practice is becoming more
> and more deprecated as the days go by.

Sorry to inject some facts here, but that passage in RFC 1123 refers
specifically to RCPT TO: addresses. There is no mention of source routing in
the context of MAIL FROM: anywhere in RFC 1123.

--
Harald

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