20 Jan
2004
20 Jan
'04
2:17 a.m.
On Jan 20, 0:54, Witchy wrote:
Bearing in mind a lot of mailing software ignores the
'from' field
and
instead uses the 'reply-to' field instead.
Well, OK, for USENET
anyway :)
Well, anything that replies is *supposed* to ignore the "From:" field
*if* (and only if) there is a "Reply-To:". The "From:" is mandatory,
the "Reply-To:" is optional. There are some other headers that may be
involved but only for errors and control messages.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York