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.... > -- J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110 [log in to unmask] - (314) 362-3617 [362-2693(FAX)] http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/~phil