[ILUG] [OT] mail headers: "from" vs. "from:"

[Waider]

According to Kevin O Riordan:
> 
> Mornin all,
> 	can anyone tell me the difference between the 'From' and 'From:'
> headers commonly seen in emails ?  I'm busily reading through RFC 2822
> at the mo', but can only find reference to 'From:'.
> 	
> 	Cheers
> 	-kev

The 'From ' line is a unixism, which traditionally contains the sender
envelope address (MAIL FROM value). You will note that the POP protocol,
for example, doesn't give you access to the 'From ' header, only
the 'From:' header.

jwz has a bit about it on one of the netscape 2 techy pages, linked off
the mail parsing rant on his geek docs page.

Waider.
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