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At 11:40 AM +0100 2002/08/23, Martin Cooper wrote: You may be surprised to discover this, but most mailing lists are not proper mailing lists and are not managed with proper mailing list management software. Most mailing lists are actually handled as aliases, and therefore do not modify the envelope sender address.How does it break mailing-lists? If the list sets the envelope sender to <[email protected]> creating a MAIL-FROM shouldn't be a problem. The only problem I can see is what to do about bounces (i.e. with a null envelope sender) - guess you could use header From instead maybe. Actually, this is one area that the paper addresses. -- Brad Knowles, <[email protected]> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)
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