Re: [Exim] -t and Resent- header lines

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Author: Frank Elsner
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] -t and Resent- header lines
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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