delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi   search  
Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/03/04/11:17:25

X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:16:58 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Your setting Return-Path to YOU in your cygwin postings
Message-ID: <20090304161657.GA14340@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <49ADA916 DOT 40700 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <49ADBA0D DOT 6040405 AT gmail DOT com> <49ADEF5E DOT 3060804 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <49ADF5B5 DOT 5000102 AT gmail DOT com> <49AE0F52 DOT 1060006 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <49AE0F52.1060006@columbus.rr.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09)
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 12:19:14AM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote:
>I examined your email headers and discovered that in your postings to
>cygwin..., you are setting "Return-Path: <dave.korn.cygwin...>" in your
>email header so naturally everyone who is "replying" to sender will be
>sending YOU their reply, not cygwin....  This could explain why
>you are getting so much direct replies.  There may be those who are
>abusing the priviledge by bypassing the mailing list, but I was not
>aware of this problem and never intended to go outside the mailing
>list.

I think you are confused about what Return-Path is for but, regardless,
email to this mailing list contains a Return-Path generated by the
ezmlm/qmail software that manages this mailing list.

It looks something like:

Return-Path: cygwin-return-148528-...

Private email will have a path which reflects the actual sender.

And, from rfc2821 (there may be later ones also):

	The primary purpose of the Return-path is to designate the address to
	which messages indicating non-delivery or other mail system failures
	are to be sent.

i.e., the Return-Path shouldn't be used as the address for a mail client to
respond to.

cgf

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -


  webmaster     delorie software   privacy  
  Copyright © 2019   by DJ Delorie     Updated Jul 2019