dn> All I do know from some years of experience is that mail handling can be
 dn> one of the most complex tasks you can do and the 'simple' approach
 dn> invariably results in problems, particularly in this case when you're not
 dn> even discriminating what it is that you're searching on. It's all very
 dn> well assuming that what works on your system (assuming you are a leaf
 dn> node) will work elsewhere, but put the software to work on a few major
 dn> mail hubs and you'll find problems immediately if your testers are good at
 dn> spotting them. "It works here" just doesn't cut it.

It was the Zonegate's messages I was using for testdata, and I can see
where some of the confusion has come from.  Here is the fragment:

            /* is it a "Via" line? */
            if ((*mailproc->address != '\0')
                && (memcmp(mailproc->kludge,
"\x56\x69\x61", 3) == 0))
            {
                if (strstr((char *)mailproc->kludge,
                           mailproc->address) != NULL)
                {
                    count++;
                }
            }


As you can see, I'm only looking at "Via" lines.

 dn> downlinks, of where your address is confused by another valid address
 dn> "3:711/9341" or "83:711/8347" etc. Or maybe a
reply (your address in the

And you're right about this one.  Thanks for the details.  BFN.

Paul

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