-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:18:16AM -0600, Knute wrote: > My understanding may be flawed, but it's the same as using an envelope > to mail a letter via snail mail. > It's the information that is needed to get it from your mail client to it's > reciepient.
This is basically correct. The From: line is analagous to the address on the inside of a business letter--it need not correspond to who actually sent it. The envelope header is the actual sender. Sometimes it is necessary to set this so that the sender's local SMTP server will not think you are attempting to relay spam. me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE8PdEOeZTNL/fvVBURAjxhAJ9vNCZuVrkqVzPZ8OFOubBLmbHUTwCgjXI/ 74Es0QPUI61EuoEQ5bncr3c= =GIcM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
