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Re: [ietf-smtp] what's not a trace field

2021-02-14 19:30:23
On Sun, 14 Feb 2021, Dave Crocker wrote:
I think that calling Delivered-To: a 'trace' header field ties it to this model in ways that aren't appropriate. And it isn't the above model that should change.

I took a look at 5322, in which section 3.6.6 says that Resent fields are not trace headers, even though they are added in exactly the same way that trace fields are. Presumably there was a historical reason for that.

I see that 8601 says that A-R says that it is a trace field so I don't see why Delivered-To is not also a trace field. It's just as trace-y.

FYI, Delivered-To is not always added by an MDA. Sometimes, as in the example I sent a few messages back, it's added by the MTA when it rewrites an address internally.

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