Christian R Molls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Sat, 11 Mar 2000:
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 10 23:43:44 2000
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Who is responsible for the garbled "From " and "Return-Path:" headers
> (as I don't think these are correct)? Is it GMX or is it my MTA?
It's impossible for us to say. You'd need to look at the email headers
at your ISP, before they reach your box, to be able to to answer that.
> If the latter, how can I educate my sendmail?
rm -rf /usr/{lib,sbin}/sendmail and install a proper MTA instead? ;-)
Sorry, the question is a bit outside of my knowledge (and outside of the
scope of this list too...), try asking on a sendmail list.
> And at last: what is the purpose of a "From " header (it doesn't even
> conform to RFC822, does it?)
In mbox folders, "From " is used as the message separator. The same
line also contains the envelope sender information (return path). It
is not a real header, no -- it should be considered more to be part
of the mbox structure. When sent, emails don't actually contain this
line. For you, apparently some MTA long the way (or your MDA) also
stores the evelope sender info in a real Return-Path: header, so you
see the information in both.
If you want my guess, I think your ISP changes the envelope sender and
adds the Return-Path: header with that info, and the "From " line gets
added by your local MDA (mail delivery agent).
Regards,
Mikko
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