Re: Mandatory From field, anonymity, and hacks

In <ACFEC331-DE3D-11D8-91F6-000393DB5366(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> Keith 
Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:

> regarding gateways - in general the job of the gateway is to preserve 
> the semantics of the original message into the destination environment. 
>  the job of the gateway is NOT to correct errors in the original 
> message.
Exactly so, which is why I found the requirement in RFC 2821 which says
you MUST correct that particular error so strange.

I honestly think it would be better for gateway implementors simply to
ignore that requirement. There is no way to enforce it anyway. But I would
still be curious to hear what such implementors actually currently do.

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