Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site grkermi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!grkermi!eric From: eric@grkermi.UUCP (Eric N. Starkman) Newsgroups: net.mail,net.mail.headers Subject: Re: RCPT TO vs. To: Message-ID: <486@grkermi.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 09:06:34 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermi.486 Posted: Mon Jul 1 09:06:34 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 03:09:22 EDT References: <225@harvard.ARPA> Reply-To: starkman@mit-athena.ARPA (Eric N. Starkman) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.mail:903 net.mail.headers:492 Summary: In article <225@harvard.ARPA> kevin@harvard.ARPA (Kevin Crowston) writes: >an SMTP server for our Xerox Dandelions. Many > >When I receive a message, the SMTP envelope has a >RCPT TO:line. In addition, the letter has >a header field To: mailbox. Do I need to look at >both? Should I ignore the lines in the letter's >822 header when delivering the letter? (This would >be easier than trying to parse the whole thing.) > >Kevin Crowston >MIT Sloan School of Management >-- What I've generally seen done is as follows: The message is delivered to the people listen in the RCPT TO: things. Period. The message text (header) itself is then checked for a To: field and if none if found, an Apparently-to: field is created and filled in with what was passed to RCPT TO: Likewise, the message text itself is scanned for a From: field and if none is found, an Appanrently-From: field is created and filled in with what was passed to RCPT To: (Kevin- I'll send you messages over ARPA demonstrating this when I get a chance) -Eric Starkman