From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 7 21:04:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA02511 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 21:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pandora.hh.kew.com (root@kendra.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.53.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA02503; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 21:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sonata (sonata.hh.kew.com [192.195.203.135]) by pandora.hh.kew.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA26569; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 00:04:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <34137978.288AD02@kew.com> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 00:05:12 -0400 From: Drew Derbyshire Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en]C-MOENE (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert CC: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spam and the FreeBSD mailing lists X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <199709080234.TAA15682@usr07.primenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > there is *not* reasone that i know of that a > > > "mail from:" address must be resolvable. > > > > Yes, there is. The address in the SMTP "MAIL FROM" line is used for > > bounce messages by sendmail. > > You are forgetting "MAIL FROM:<>", which is perfectly valid. I was, but it's a document special case, but ignorable for my comments as it's a "valid" address, which is to say the bit bucket. -ahd- -- Internet: ahd@kew.com Voice: 617-279-9810 "MS-DOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." - dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca