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>>>>> Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
>>>>> writes:

  Kai> WIBNI Gnus were to use the information from X-From-Line in lieu of the
  Kai> missing `From ' line?

>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

  Lars> This is on the Red Gnus todo list.  Or rather, the mail backends will
  Lars> fudge a missing From: header from the "From " separator.

>>>>> On 03 May 1996 18:58:25 -0400, "Sudish Joseph"
>>>>> <sudish@VNET.IBM.COM> said:

  Sudish> This isn't a good idea, as you're effectively setting the
  Sudish> reply address for the message to the envelope sender--and
  Sudish> that's only allowed for bounces, I think [...]

I'm talking about the cases where you have neither of `From:',
`Sender:' and `Reply-To:', you only have the `From ' line to go on.
Then surely using the address given in the `From ' line can't be worse
than using `' (the empty string) as reply address?

kai
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