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Re: sender vs author, channel vs object, designated sender vs crypto signatures

2004-03-18 08:57:47

Jon,


There are valid and useful scenarios that require the bounces address to
differ from both RFC2822 From and RFC2822 Sender.

JK> Have you got a list of some such scenarios? Seriously, that would help. Or
JK> some reference that you can point me to.

Legitimate bulk-mail sending (for example, newsletters) is the current,
major example.

In fact, redirecting bounces to special servers is a key functionality
for serious mail-sending services.

In your MUA, you will probably find a Return-Path header.  This contains
the address that was in the RFC2821 Mail From field.  It is frequently
(usually?) different from both RFC2822 From and RFC2822 Sender.


d/
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