At 12:55 1999-02-12 -0800, Jim Osborn spoke:
RETURNADDR=`formail -zxFrom: \
This may generally do what you want it to, but it isn't RFC822 compliant --
you're assuming the From: is the sender, or the return address. It isn't
always. That's why -rt is used with formail:
formail -rztx To:
To generate a reply header compliant with the rules of RFC822 (r), and to
assume that the sender used valid addressing (t). You're then getting the
senders' address from the To: field. At this point, it is also a raw
address, without optional decoration.
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