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Subject: 
Re: REPLYTO field.
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 03:11:23 GMT
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mattdm@AVOIDSPAMmattdm.org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
  From: "Barney Rubble" <brub@SPAMLESS.bedrock.edu>
  Reply-To: "Barney Rubble" <brub@bedrock.edu>

Which seems silly because spam-harvesters can (and probably do) read the
reply-to header as well as the from one.

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Matthew Miller                     --->                 mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                    --->              http://quotes-r-us.org/
Boston University Linux            --->               http://linux.bu.edu/



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  Re: REPLYTO field.
 
(...) I agree. But people still do it (and .NOSPAM. and a zillion other forms). --Todd (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: REPLYTO field.
 
(...) Another couple of reasons: If the 'Reply-To:' header is set to the list, then the probability goes way up that auto-reply handlers (i.e, "I'm on vacation" notices and so fort) will find their way to the list when they should have gone instead (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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