On Thu, 08 May 2003 14:00:06 BST Philip Hazel wrote:
> The -t documentation in the Exim documentation states:
>
> If there are any "Resent-" headers in the message, an error is
> generated, and Exim gives up. RFC 2822 talks about different sets
> of "Resent-" headers (when a message is resent several times), and
> it is not at all clear how -t should operate in this situation.
> Experiments with Sendmail have shown that it amalgamates multiple
> sets of "Resent-" headers when -t is used. This does not seem to
> be in the spirit of RFC 2822.
>
> I have now been informed by no less an authority than RMS that emacs
> expects an MTA to "handle" Resent- header lines. Does anybody have any
> views on some kind of reasonable specification? Note that a message that
> starts off
>
> Resent-From: xxxx
> Resent-To: xxxx
> Resent-To: xxxx
> Resent-To: xxxx
> Resent-From: xxxx
Why not assume that the first one encountered is the one to use ?
But this implies (for any MUA doing resend) adding such lines in front of all
other header lines.
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