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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:25:09 pm by PerryLorier
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Monday, February 24, 2003 1:02:24 am by PerryLorier Revert
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 By default, when generating an auto-reply header procmail selects the envelope sender from the input message. This is correct for vacation messages and other automatic replies regarding the routing or delivery of the original message. If the sender is expecting a reply or the reply is being generated in response to the contents of the original message then the -t option should be used. 
  
 RFC:822, the original standard governing the format of Internet mail messages, did not specify whether Resent header fields (those that begin with `Resent-', such as 
-`Resent-From:') should be considered when generating a reply. Since then, the recommended usage of the Resent headers has evolved to consider them as purely informational and not for use when generating a reply. This has been codified in [RFC2822] , the new Internet Message Format 
+`Resent-From:') should be considered when generating a reply. Since then, the recommended usage of the Resent headers has evolved to consider them as purely informational and not for use when generating a reply. This has been codified in RFC:2822 , the new Internet Message Format 
 standard, which states in part: 
  
  
 ;:Resent fields are used to identify a message as having been reintroduced into the transport system by a user. The purpose of using resent fields is to have the message appear to the final recipient as if it were sent directly by the original sender, with all of the original fields remaining the same....They MUST NOT be used in the normal processing of replies or other such automatic actions on messages. 
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