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"Andrew A. Raines" <drew@poured.net> writes:

> Massimiliano Mirra - bard <mmirra@libero.REMOVETHIS.it> writes:
>
>> Some servers might reject your mail if it has no valid `From '
>> address (ezmlm always does).
>
> Are you sure?  SMTP doesn't care about From_, let alone ezmlm.
> Maildir messages never contain it.
>
> Message headers are never parsed by transfer agents.  The envelope
> is set with MAIL FROM and RCPT TO.

The envelope from is often referred to as the From_ or "From " line,
as Unix mbox format stores it like that.

So Massimiliano meant to make sure that the envelope from is valid.
-- 
A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.