At 05:41 12-12-2002 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: __________________________________________________________________________
Such as? I know that Outlook, Eudora and Hotmail show the "From:" header (name *and* e-mail address), and IIRC so does Netscape. Come to think of it, it would be rather strange for an e-mail client to not tell you who sent you a message.> As for "forging headers" by changing the Reply-To address, I don't > consider that an offense; the return address is clearly visible in the > "From:" field of the incoming message as well as in the "To:" field of > the reply, so the recipient can easily where his reply will be sent. > It may not be *nice* to change the Reply-To address, but it does not > qualify as an offense. Baloney. Setting "Reply-To" to an address for which you don't have permission *is* wrong and illegal in those places where forging headers has been outlawed. And your supporting argument, that the "From" header is visible, is simply untrue for many, many mailers.
But anyway, even if an e-mail client doesn't show the "From:" header, I can't imagine that it would not show the "To:" header if the recipient replies to the message -- which is the only time the return address is of any importance.
Jeroen "Defense lawyer" van Baardwijk
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