Re: Antigen found =*.pif file
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:19:45 +1000
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> wrote:
> > >> i guess antigen didn't specify any @ in From:, and the other
> > >> mta's filled in their own name for some reason...
> > >
> > > That's the default behavior of all MTA's I'm familiar with.
> >
> > Some MTAs do indeed qualify random unqualified addresses they find
> > with their own mail domain name.
>
> The reason is so the you can type mail <username> and have it end up
> at the right place. i.e. you don't need to know the mail domain to
> send a mail to the local user.
In that case, the mail message should *never* leave the local domain.
> They also fix the from address so that if the message is
> forwarded offsite, the reply still makes it.
Still makes it where? In my case, the message originated in a
university in the US, but the MTA there didn't add its domain. Then it
appeared in my mailbox as coming from my ISP's domain, so if I reply to
it, it'll get nowhere near its original sender.
I agree this *has* to be a bug. Relaying MTAs should not take over
important mail headers, that's dangerously close to mail forgery...
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Carlos Sousa
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