Hi there!
On 16 Mar 00, at 0:43, Michael Wieczorek wrote
about "Re: Using Macros for header (%RETUR":
> AVK> ...and Stefan is right (as always;-)) here: you should *not* set the
>return-path
> AVK> yourself, on the user side you should limit yourself to altering the Reply-To:
> AVK> header... because return-path: is subject to be set/changed/altered by the
> AVK> SMTP server...
>
> But the "Return-Path:" is setting by *TB* to the "Reply-To:"-address
> *not* by the server.
Nope;-) Here's what goes to the server in my own case (just an example):
---8<---------
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 03:06:57 +0300
From: "Alexander V. Kiselev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.41) Personal
Reply-To: "Alexander V. Kiselev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Home Sweet Home
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: test
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
test
-----8<------
Note the _absence_ of the return-path: field. The latter field is added by the
"transport system that deliveres message to the recipient", not by the
originator (in this case, me, or, better to say, TB;-))
> If I right to understand the RFC-822 (see below), the RFC means that the
> "Return-Path" is used to identify the _originator_. That means for me: the
> _send-address_ not the reply-address.
The transport system determines, what should Return-Path: be, based on what
the SMTP server receives in the SMTP envelope. That is, _if_ it gets the
following:
MAIL FROM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
,it will set the Return-Path: as follows:
Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or, maybe,
Return-Path: mail.ru!akiselev
which has the same meaning.
And so it is in your case: the message I'm replying to has:
X-Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This field has been added by the MDaemon at dutaint.com.
> Explanation to above: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is my send address, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> is my reply-address. But the header generated by TB looks like
>
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This has been added elsewhere, probably;-) TB shouldn't have added this
header, IMHO.
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:09:46 +0100
> From: Michael Wieczorek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.41) Personal
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which implies that the people who will answer you will use *this* address,
which is exactly what you want to achieve, isn't it?
The RFC822 information that you supplied below says nothing more on the
point;-)
> RFC-822
> [..]
> 4.3.1. RETURN-PATH
>
> This field is added by the final transport system that
> delivers the message to its recipient. The field is intended
> to contain definitive information about the address and route
> back to the message's originator.
>
> Note: The "Reply-To" field is added by the originator and
> serves to direct replies, whereas the "Return-Path"
> field is used to identify a path back to the origina-
> tor.
>
> While the syntax indicates that a route specification is
> optional, every attempt should be made to provide that infor-
> mation in this field.
> [..]
> 4.4.3. REPLY-TO / RESENT-REPLY-TO
> [..]
> Note: The "Return-Path" field is added by the mail transport
> service, at the time of final deliver. It is intended
> to identify a path back to the orginator of the mes-
> sage. The "Reply-To" field is added by the message
> originator and is intended to direct replies.
>
>
> So I think it is a bug by TB, is'nt it?
I don't think so;-) See above.
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(St.Petersburg, Russia)
http://mph.phys.spbu.ru/~akiselev
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