Can anyone explain the following then?
To test how X-RCPT-TO works, I sent a test message from my hotmail account
to 3 different users on my iMail server (user-a, user-b, user-c). I entererd
all 3 addresses in the BCC field and nothing in the TO or CC fields. Here
are the results:
user-a: X-RCPT-TO is set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
user-b: X-RCPT-TO is set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
user-c: X-RCPT-TO is set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,not [EMAIL PROTECTED]
as it should be
Even though it ended up in the right mailbox, the X-RCPT-TO for user-c is
user-b's email address. Why would this be happening?
--
Chris McFarling
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Header X-RCPT-TO
>
> >At what point does does header info such as "X-RCPT-TO" get added to an
> >email message? There have been cases where a user gets an email that
wasn't
> >intended for him/her, i.e. the TO and CC fields don't contain the users
> >address. However the X-RCPT-TO field will have the users address in it.
I've
> >been trying to figure out why this would happen but so far I haven't had
too
> >much luck. Anyone have any insight into what X-RCPT-TO is all about?
>
> That's very normal. It's "Bcc".
>
> The X-RCPT-To: header records the actual address that the E-mail was sent
> to (the address the remote user wanted the E-mail to go to).
>
> There are 3 types of recipients that an E-mail can be sent to: "To:" (the
> intended recipient), "Cc:" ("Carbon Copy", someone who should get a copy
of
> the E-mail), and "Bcc:" ("Blind Carbon Copy", someone who should get a
copy
> of the E-mail without the other recipients knowing).
>
> If you receive an E-mail without your address in the "To:" or "Cc:"
> headers, you were Bcc'd. This is common with mailing lists (take a look
at
> the headers of this E-mail!), and also common in spam.
>
> -Scott
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