[comp.mail.misc] Rewritten FROM: Header....

seanp%undrground@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) (01/04/91)

 
 HELP! I am having a problem with a local system re-writing, or rather 
deleting a portion of my mail (as far as I know, it is just mail) FROM: 
header..  
 
  As my system sends it out, the header should read:
   
        seanp%undrground@amix.commodore.com 
 
 However, 90% of my mail responses go to: 
 
        seanp@amix.commodore.com 
 
  The postmaster at amix set up a forwarding account for me, but my other 
users are out of luck. If someone could give me a possible solution, 
and/or cause of this, so I may track down the offending system, I would 
greatly appreciate it. 
 
  Sean

lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) (01/05/91)

seanp%undrground@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes that some
system is destroying the local part containing %underground.

The easiest way to correct this situation is to use MX records instead
of %.  % will buy you lots of trouble over the long run.  If you are
interested in moving to an MX/Forwarder system, and you need help
doing so, please contact me directly.

-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear@turbo.bio.net]