Re: To do sendmailism, or not ? (Apparently-To:)

[Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>]

On 22 Nov 1996, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:

> Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
> >   The somewhat non-standard "Delivered-To:" that Qmail uses would be
> > useful for this.  Qmail adds a "Delivered-To:" to all mail, not just to
> > mail without a To:, Cc:, or Bcc.  It is interesting idea.
> 
> So to send mail to dynamically generated list of 333 people without
> burdening them with each others names, I should have to say
> "Delivered-To: dialin-users:;" well as "To: dialin-users:;"?
> 
> Wouldn't that simply be an arms race?
> 
> --Arnt

  No.  Delivered-To would be added by the mailer before delivery, showing
the real recipient.

  So, if you send a message to:

a
b
c

  The headers would look like for each message:

...
To: dynamic-list: ;
Delivered-To: a
...

...
To: dynamic-list: ;
Delivered-To: b
...

...
To: dynamic-list: ;
Delivered-To: c
...


  Again, it is an interesting idea, but I'm not completely sold on the
idea.  It does help to reveal to what address was actually sent, since To:
and Cc: often bear no resemblance to who actually gets the message.

Tom