On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 05:53:56AM +0100, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 03:39:30 +0000, rex wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 12:15:28AM +0100, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 15:50:42 -0600, David DeSimone wrote:
> > > > I don't remember if it is legal to put more than one address in the
> > > > From: header.
> > >
> > > It is legal according to RFC 822 if and only if you also have a
> > > Sender: header which states who among the authors actually sent
> > > the message.
> >
> > OBNit: It's not "only if." From RFC822update:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >
> > Aside from it being "SHOULD NOT" rather than "MUST NOT," if the
> > secretary in the example were the transmitter, but not the author, the
> > "Sender;" line should appear even if there is only one address on the
> > "From:" line.
>
> Yes, but the "only if" part is still valid: It is not legal to have
> more than one from-address if you don't have a sender-address.
the last sentence in the portion you snipped quite
clearly states that the header SHOULD appear, which is distinct from MUST
appear; having a sender-address is recommended if there is more than one
apparent sender, but not having it does not make a message invalid.
-- sweth.
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