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Subject: Re: Lyris
From: Eric Thomas <ERIC @ VM . SE . LSOFT . COM>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 16:37:03 +0100
To: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ QueerNet . ORG>, John Buckman <jbuckman @ shelby . com>
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: Message of Thu, 28 Nov 1996 16:26:26 +7 from list-managers-owner@GreatCircle.COM

On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 16:26:26 +7 John Buckman <jbuckman@shelby.com> said:

>The main  reason we rewrite the  To: is that people  often have multiple
>email  addresses, with  forwarding instructions  so that  email goes  to
>different places it  was originally sent. In such a  case, the recipient
>of  list-generated email  message  doesn't know  what  email address  is
>registered at the list server.

That's the  wrong solution  then. Sendmail and  many other  mail programs
routinely rewrite 'To:' fields, so there is no guarantee that the address
the user sees when he actually gets  the message is the address Lyris put
in that field.

  Eric

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