On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> Could someone enlighten me as to what happens if mail forwarding is set up
> like this:
>
> Sender -> Forwarding domain -> Final recipient domain
>
> What I'm curious about is if the SMTP conversation goes something like
> this:
>
> HELO "Forwarding domain"
> MAIL FROM:<Sender>
> RCPT TO:<"Someone@???">
>
> I think it does...? Do some MTAs do it differently, using something else
> in MAIL FROM:<> than $Sender?
Forwarding (or aliasing) done by an MTA should *not* change the sender.
Forwarding that is part of a mail client probably will - but thats not
really 'forwarding' in the strict sense..
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