Roy Badami wrote:
I use the term "envelope sender" to mean the MAIL FROM address. I
regard this as common usage.
Dave Crocker wrote:
that would be fine, except that it is not the semantics of that field,
and using that term has caused significant confusion. and all of this
has been discussed extensively on this list and other.
the more recent and accurate term that has attained 'common usage' is
"bounce address".
(
"envelope sender" ==
"envelope from" ==
"bounce address" ==
"2821 from" ==
"821 from" ==
"MAIL FROM"
)
I suppose we could argue about semantics and further digress from the MARID
charter, but all of these terms mean the same and are pretty commonly used
("envelope sender" is certainly one of the more common ones and has been in
use for several decades). Search Google Groups if you disagree.
Michael R. Brumm