gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (08/25/84)
From: Greg Skinner <ihnp4!ut-sally!harvard!Gds%MIT-XX.ARPA> Subject: Re: user-editable mail headers From: Mark Crispin <MRC@SU-SCORE.ARPA> The command which GDS uses to generate "From: Gregbo" is a power tool in MM and not a result of any failure in it. There are other commands which can be used to "become" some other user which do ensure valid RFC 822 header lines. A "power tool" is something which lets the user go beyond the program's (narrow) interpretation of whatever standard...either to use some unimplemented or new feature...or in this case to violate it. Now hold on! Just because I like to modify my headers, it doesn't mean that I am violating the mailsystem! I've seen some really ridiculous headers in my day, and mine is quite reasonable compared to those! Did someone do a rmgroup on net.mail.headers? We're not getting it here. -- Hug me till you drug me, honey! Greg Skinner (gregbo) {allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo