On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Frank Ellermann wrote:
The "official" abbreviations are not very popular, see also
<http://mid.gmane.org/42FD0362(_dot_)1846(_at_)xyzzy(_dot_)claranet(_dot_)de>
Exim uses them in its Received: lines. See for example the "esmtpa" in
this message header. This is useful for software like SpamAssassin which
likes to be able to work out which Received: lines correspond to message
submission and which to message relay.
Tony.
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BISCAY: WEST 5 OR 6 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SHOWERS AT FIRST. MODERATE OR
GOOD.