[bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l] Source Routing from SMTP

LARRY@VM.NRC.CA (Larry Bradley) (02/06/90)

The FAL SMTP code appears to generate source routing in the
headers all the time when transfering mail to the RSCS/MAILER world.
Why? For example, mail comes to me adddressed to

   @nrcvm01.nrc.ca:larry@nrcvm01.nrc.ca

when all that is necessary is

   larry@nrcvm01.nrc.ca.

I just had a complaint from a user that the JANET gateway at
Rutherford bounced his mail because it had source routing in the
From: header.

I gather that source routing can be turned off; what are the
consequences of doing so, vs leaving it on? If source routing is an
official standard, why doesn't the JANET gateway support it?

Thanks for any enlightenment that can be sent my way.


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