dboyes@brazos.rice.edu (David Boyes) (03/11/91)
As postmaster, I often receive messages from a A Large Computer
Manufacturer's mail daemon about problems delivering mail to a
site on the other side of their machine. These messages all have
2 or more distinct To: lines in the message headers, much like:
<misc headers>
.
.
.
To: <bounces@large-computer-manufacturer.com>
To: <postmaster@ricevm1.rice.edu>
<rest of message>
In reading RFC 822 and 1123, I can't tell whether this is legal
or not. Before I go after this site's postmaster to Fix This, I'd
like to get the opinion of other people in my situation.
1) Is this behavior legal?
2) I know it's been customary since the Twenex days to put
multiple addresses on the To: line, but is it mandated
anywhere other than a desire to prevent your postmaster from
being crisped by others who have to deal with the error mail?
Thanks in advance.
--
David Boyes |The three most dangerous things in the world:
dboyes@rice.edu | 1) a programmer with a soldering iron,
| 2) a hardware type with a program patch, and
"Delays, delays!" | 3) a user with an idea.