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Subject: Re: Lyris
From: Christopher Samuel <chris @ rivers . dra . hmg . gb>
Organization: IT Vulnerabilities Group, DRA Malvern, UK
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 16:59:57 +0000
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In-reply-to: <57n151$kt@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
References: <199611281051.KAA12763@synergy.transbay.net> <57n151$kt@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>

In message <57n151$kt@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>, 
	scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes:

[about To: rewriting]
> ACK!  This is really a *bad* idea.  Incredibly bad.  It will break
> every auto-processing mail system out there.  Without exception.

Eh ? That's simply not true, it may break systems that rely on the To:
header, but that's about it. Most decent auto-processing systems will
look at other headers, all my list refiling stuff works on the envelope
sender which is a fairly good guide at where things have come from. :-)

> It's an incredibly, incredibly bad idea.

I'll agree with that.

cheers!
Chris
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 Christopher Samuel,    IT Vulnerabilities Group,    chris@rivers.dra.hmg.gb
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    From: "John Buckman" <jbuckman@shelby.com>
  • Re: Lyris
    From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
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