rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) (05/02/89)
A user writes: > My mailer doesn't understand Internet addressing, but since most of my > mail goes to other domains, I would like to add my domain to my return > address. Elm 2.2 doesn't permit this, the USE_DOMAIN test is inside the > INTERNET loop. Is there a reason for this? > > More specifically, all my outgoing mail goes to dalcs!user@node.domain, > but I would like my return address to be bill@biomel.uucp, since when, > for example, bitnet users get mail from biomel!bill they may have > trouble replying. I had the same problem on one of our internal systems that does not "do" INTERNET. What I did was use the Reply-To header to specify my internet address. And instead of entering it each time on the headers editing screen, I simply put it in my .elm/elmheaders file. Any respectable mailer will give priority to a Reply-To: header over a From: header. (Well, at least ELM does!) This means other people that reply to your messages will reply using the internet address given in the Reply-To: and not the faulty one in the From: header. Anyone using a dumb mailer will also be able to reply, because a dumb mailer will ignore the headers and simply work out the return path from the "From " (no colon) lines (which Elm does when you configure it to not trust From: and Reply-To: headers). -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell UNIX/C Reusable Code Library Office: (415) 823-2417 Room 4E750A, San Ramon Valley Administrative Center Residence: (415) 827-4301 R Bar JB, Concord, California -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell UNIX/C Reusable Code Library Email: ...![backbone]!pacbell!pbhyf!rob OR rob@pbhyf.PacBell.COM Office: (415) 823-2417 Room 4E850O San Ramon Valley Administrative Center Residence: (415) 827-4301 R Bar JB, Concord, California
tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde) (05/02/89)
In article <5168@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) writes: |A user writes: |> More specifically, all my outgoing mail goes to dalcs!user@node.domain, |> but I would like my return address to be bill@biomel.uucp . . . | |I had the same problem on one of our internal systems that does not "do" |INTERNET. What I did was use the Reply-To header to specify my internet |address. And instead of entering it each time on the headers editing |screen, I simply put it in my .elm/elmheaders file. Any respectable |mailer will give priority to a Reply-To: header over a From: header. |(Well, at least ELM does!) This means other people that reply to your |messages will reply using the internet address given in the Reply-To: |and not the faulty one in the From: header. Anyone using a dumb mailer |will also be able to reply, because a dumb mailer will ignore the |headers and simply work out the return path from the "From " (no colon) |lines Well, sometimes. A problem exists on System V R3 with mailx, however. Mailx is semi-smart, and tries to respectably use the Reply-To line. Unfortunately it will then choke on Internet addresses unless the site is running smail. I understand that this will be fixed in Release 4, but for the moment I've got the internet address in my .sig_remote file, which ELM will happily tack on the end of my outgoing email. People who know what it is can use it, those that don't won't care. tim -- Tim J Ihde INTERNET: tim@attdso.att.com (201) 898-6687 UUCP: att!attdso!tim "Blimey - this redistribution of wealth is more complicated than I'd thought!" - Dennis Moore and various Presidents