Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Duplicate Messages

[Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 21:43:04 EDT, Len Rose <len@netsys.com>  said:

> So even though it was seen and transmitted to the Full
> Disclosure list (often days before) it gets re-transmitted
> because the stupid Micro$oft will apparently resend to
> any other address found on the To: line.

You'd think after *TWENTY ONE GODDAMN YEARS* that a major vendor would
understand the difference between the RFC821 'RCPT TO:" and the RFC822 'To:'
field.  Of course, this same sort of confusion  (only with From: versus MAIL
FROM:) is why they can't seem to get a simple thing like an 'Out of Brain'
message routed to the right place (or not sent at all).

0821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. J. Postel. Aug-01-1982. (Format:
     TXT=124482 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0788) (Obsoleted by RFC2821) (Also
     STD0010) (Status: STANDARD)

0822 Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages. D.
     Crocker. Aug-13-1982. (Format: TXT=109200 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0733)
     (Obsoleted by RFC2822) (Updated by RFC1123, RFC1138, RFC1148,
     RFC1327, RFC2156) (Also STD0011) (Status: STANDARD)

Screw the clue-bat, this calls for a lead pipe and a mallet.

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