Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 19:22:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> Cc: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM>, jmb@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spam and the FreeBSD mailing lists Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970907192041.20354D-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970907215400.10438A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > Uh, if we can't reply to them, what are we doing allowing them to ask > > questions? > > Anticipating that they have set the reply-to field. Yes, but if the message should need to be returned by the MTA, it will be returned to the envelope sender (SMTP mail from:) address. Many don't know this, and lose mail because their headers (From: and Reply-To:) are right, but the envelope sender is wrong. Tom
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