Re: Mail, SMTP headers and things like that
RFC 822 was the original specification--I don't remember what the newer,
superseding RFC is. In any case, you're probably interested in the
"Reply-To:" header, which does what you're looking for.
--John
Andrew Miehs wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am trying to find an official source for working out which mail
> headers are responsible for what. I am looking for somewhere
> describing the difference between "mail from:" and "from:" in the DATA
> section.
>
> I would like to send mail from myself to a user - but if it bounces, I
> want that bounce to go back to 'postmaster@domain.com'.
>
> Is doing what I have shown below supported? Reading the SPECs, It
> looks as if "Mail From:" and "From:" should be the same....
>
> I am a little confused.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
>
> For example:
>
> Standard SMTP session:
>
> user@server:~$ telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 server.domain.com ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
> helo world
> 250 server.domain.com
> mail from:<postmaster@domain.com>
> 250 Ok
> rcpt to:<hhhhh@someaddress.com>
> 250 Ok
> data
> 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
> FROM: me@domain.com
> SUBJECT: Test2
> .
> 250 Ok: queued as 55DAC30696B
>
>
>
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