At 01:24 +0100 11 Mar 2000, Christian R Molls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
Nobody, since they're not garbled. The list server is using VERP
(variable envelope return path, <http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt>), so
the address that you have subscribed to the list is encoded in the
return path.
This way when the list software receives a bounce message it's almost
guaranteed that it will have enough information to figure out which
subscribed address is having problems, even when dealing with forwarded
mail and/or broken MTAs (although there are a few MTAs broken enough to
still cause problems. The problem with VERP, though, is that it only
allows one recipient per outgoing message.
--
Aaron Schrab [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/
"Been there, done that, didnt like it threw it out" -- Alan Cox
