On 28 February 2002, dman said:
> My "real name" == my "local part".  Well, not in this example since I
> still have my school's address in the header, but if I use my system's
> address, the From: line will be
>     From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> and people who stick that directly in their address book will send
> mail to
>     To: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> even though it is legitimate mail.  I guess this rule just depends on
> your setup.

I don't know of a diplomatic way to say this, but I'd be inclined to
think that you're the unusual case here.  Most people's names are
different from their email addresses.

> BTW, You would also have to handle headers formatted as
>     To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (gward)

S'pose so, but I don't recall seeing much spam that looks like that.

        Greg
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