Logged in twice?

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Sat Jul 4 12:23:28 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 14:37:09 +0930,
  Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> 
> When you use a normal mail client program, you're free to write whatever
> you like as the "from" address into its configuration.  Though, if you
> want mail to be received by a list, that from address will have to be
> one that you've subscribed with.  The list will reject mail from
> unsubscribed addresses.

Not exactly. The list uses the envelope sender address to determine whether
or not the message comes from a subscriber. People on the list or going
to see the from header. These don't have to refer to the same email
address.




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