Re: Mail clients that abuse the Sender: line

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* "Shawn P. Stanley" <shawn@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-10-04T11:59:57]
> Gmail uses the "Sender:" line to show which Gmail account you're
> sending from regardless of how you've configured your "From:" or
> "Reply-To:" lines.  Just in case anyone cares about your Gmail
> account.  But why should they, unless you're dealing in kiddie p0rn?
> 
> So why do Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, etc. think they
> should take the "Sender:" line and treat it as your "From:" line or
> your "Reply-To:" line instead?  RFC822 doesn't tell them to do that.

Recently (around Sep 21), PayPal started adding this to their invoice notices:

  Sender: <sendmail@xxxxxx.xxx>

Result?  Procmail now thinks that these messages match FROM_DAEMON.

This isn't so much a Sender-hate as a PayPal and Procmail hate.

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rjbs

• Mail clients that abuse the Sender: line Shawn P. Stanley 16:59 on 04 Oct 2006
  • Re: Mail clients that abuse the Sender: line Ricardo SIGNES 17:12 on 04 Oct 2006
  • Tony Finch 17:24 on 04 Oct 2006

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