-=> Replying to a message from John Mudge to Jason Fesler <=-

 JF>  Seriously:  Work on getting the *message envelope* stored somewhere
 JF>  where GIGO can see it, and I might change my mind on how GIGO
 JF> handles
 JF>  POP.  Until then, I refuse to support multi-user mail from a
 JF>  single-user account :-).

 JM> POP must have once been associated with an envelope even though it
 JM> is not transfered to the end user.  Is sendmail (or whatever)
 JM> discarding the envelope after the mail is queued for the user?

sendmail uses the envelope as a parameter to the local delivery agent
program.  Once it's put into the mailbox, it's considered having
reached its final destination.

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 Burt Juda                      Internet: merlin@mcastl.ieee.org