On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:17:20PM +0000, Adam M. Costello wrote:
> synthpunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I subscribed to a mailing list @ eGroups.com, and it takes the From
> > line rather than the From: line as which address to send mail to. the
> > list is setup to not allow unsubscribed mails, and it rejects me.
>
> David DeSimone gave a good response to this. I would just like to add
> that it is very common for list subscribers to want to send mail to a
> list from one address, but to want the list to send mail to another
> address. If the mailing list cannot support this, it is defective
> and should be fixed. The envelope sender is a reverse-path for error
> messages, and people should not be encouraged to fake it (and people
> without root access normally cannot fake it).
Therefore, this list is broken.
> If the list in question uses majordomo, I can suggest a way for the list
> maintainer to fix the problem.
Greetz, Peter.
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