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Date:      Mon, 8 Sep 1997 02:34:26 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        ahd@kew.com (Drew Derbyshire)
Cc:        jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@hub.freebsd.org, support@kew.com
Subject:   Re: spam and the FreeBSD mailing lists
Message-ID:  <199709080234.TAA15682@usr07.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <3413480B.BADF1376@kew.com> from "Drew Derbyshire" at Sep 7, 97 08:34:19 pm

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> > 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.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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