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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/send-pr send-pr.sh
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On  3 Jun, Udo Erdelhoff wrote:
> Hi,
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:08:40AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
>> On  2 Jun, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> [...]
>> >   Put the originator's  full name in the From  and Reply-to fields,
>> >   and stick their username (which sendmail will make into an e-mail
>> >   address) inside '<>'. Sendmail will  still DTRT with this, and it
>> >   conveniently puts the submitter's name  and e-mail address on one
>> >   line, just  like it should  be after  "Submitted by" in  a commit
>> >   message.
>>
>> But will all mailwrap-able MTAs DTRT?
>
> They better  DTRT or they  don't belong on  the Internet in  the first
> place. If you  read the various standard documents,  starting with RFC
> 821/822,  you  will find  that  <>  are  defined  as delimiters  of  a
> machine-parseable address and that the mailer is to use their content;
> ignoring all other parts of the line in question.

Well, I was referring to the "conveniently puts the submitter's name and
e-mail address on one line" part. Will other MTAs do that?

	-mi

> IMHO, this change was long overdue. Check the history of PR docs/19604
> for an example of the problems this change avoids.
>
> /s/Udo



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