On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 01:45:54PM -0500, Greg Cirino - Cirelle Enterprises
wrote:
| |
| | "MAIL FROM" aka. "envelope from" refers to the MAIL FROM: <xxx> command
| | issued from one SMTP to another, and is different from the "From:" header
| | in the mail. Basically all headers (From, To, Cc, Received, etc) are part
| | of the DATA command and could possibly be different (either forged or just
| | different for some reason).
| |
| | The exception is often "Return-Path:" especially if it is near the top of
| | the message, it was probably added by your own mailer, and probably matches
| | the envelope from address. (The exception is MAIL FROM: <> which may
| | appear as Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON(_at_)your(_dot_)system>)
Can people please suggest a way for me to improve the online
documentation to clarify and emphasize the distinction betwen envelope
"MAIL FROM" and header "From:"?