From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/36361 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stainless Steel Rat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Sender header? Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:13:11 -0400 Organization: The Happy Fun Ball Brigade Message-ID: <01May24.171325edt.115217@gateway.intersys.com> References: <01May23.141128edt.115245@gateway.intersys.com> <01May24.115917edt.115250@gateway.intersys.com> <01May24.143521edt.115214@gateway.intersys.com> <01May24.153439edt.115213@gateway.intersys.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035171959 8191 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:45:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:45:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 29052 invoked by alias); 24 May 2001 21:13:42 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 29047 invoked from network); 24 May 2001 21:13:42 -0000 Original-Received: from gateway.intersys.com (HELO intersys.com) (198.133.74.253) by gnus.org with SMTP; 24 May 2001 21:13:42 -0000 Original-Received: by gateway.intersys.com id <115217>; Thu, 24 May 2001 17:13:25 -0400 Original-To: "(ding)" X-Attribution: Rat In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) Original-Lines: 25 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:36361 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:36361 * Graham Murray on Thu, 24 May 2001 | 1) Dial-up hosts using dynamic IP. In this situation, the user is often | given a mailbox of user@isp.com. [snip] There must be an A record (and FQDN) for the IP address. A properly configured dialup server will provide the FQDN associated with the IP address, and a properly configured dialup host will set its name to that FQDN for the duration of its connection. Gnus generates Sender fields using that FQDN (or it should). The MX record associated with the A record will make it a deliverable mailbox. Correct configuration elminates the perceived need to coerce Gnus into doing things that are less than Kosher. | 2) Hosts on an internal LAN (probably using RFC 1918 addresses) behind a | firewall. [snip] Internally those fields should be as canonical as possible. It is the responsiblity of the mail gateway to properly masqerade header fields. A mail gateway that fails to do this is not configured correctly. Gnus should not be encouraged to work around such misbehaviour. -- Rat \ If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ away immediately. Seek shelter and cover PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ head.