Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:22:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: jlp@Part.NET (Jan L. Peterson) Cc: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: not-for-mail headers Message-ID: <199807092122.OAA27310@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199807092103.PAA21015@loa.part.net> from "Jan L. Peterson" at "Jul 9, 98 03:03:47 pm"
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Jan L. Peterson wrote: > > what does the "not-for-mail" header mean? > > It means that you should not use the Path: header from a Usenet message > in order to get back to the sender. The Path header shows the path > that the message took to get to you (what news servers it passed > through). In the olden days, e-mail addresses looked like this, too > (bang paths, we called 'em). Sometimes, people would send mail to > them, assuming that it was a valid path for uucp-based mail to get back > to the author. This was often a bad assumption. > > not-for-mail was appended at some point so that the mail would bounce > and the sender would get the idea that the Path header was "not for > mail". > > Now, isn't that more than you wanted to know? :-) not at all! i remember bang-paths, through i never had to user them much. so if a not-for-mail header appears at freebsd.org, the mail message is an "escapee" from some news server, and i can drop it...we dont accept mail from news, but allow, even encourage, mail to news gateways. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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