""Jesse Norell"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:10:38 +0100, Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Jesse Norell wrote:
>> > >> * lmtp.c (lmtp): fix silly auto_reply bug.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > You might run "grep -ir deliver-to" through the source
>> > > (1.2, 2.0 and 2.1) and fix all those typo's. I just checked
>> > > dbmail_2_0_branch, and those are still in there.
>
> A possible use of a "deliver-to" header came up on irc the other
> day - someone wanted to use a program to call dbmail-smtp to deliver
> a message to a user by adding that header in,
> eg. "Deliver-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]". I don't think the particular
> program could specify the address on the command line, but could put
> it into a header. I wonder if Eelco (or Roel?) could recall if that
> was the original intention of those headers. If so, at least for
> auto_reply, it probably should look for both to determine who the
> message was sent to.
Yes! Right! I remember! Ok, run dbmail-smtp -h. Take a look at the help:
lucite root # dbmail-smtp -h
*** dbmail-smtp ***
Use this program to deliver mail from your MTA or on the command line.
See the man page for more info. Summary:
-t [headerfield] for normal deliveries (default is "delivered-to")
-d [addresses] for delivery without using scanner
Ok, now it says "delivered-to" which doesn't ring a bell at all. So this
must have been changed along with the patch. But yes, you're exactly
right, there was a good intention behind "Deliver-To:"
Aaron
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