WvV>> and used by (internet email) gateways somehow.
SM> Not only for this. I have already given an example.
But that was for a message that doesn't get auto responded to.
WvV>> A PING Robot is not a gateway, and most likely doesn't even have WvV>> email capability, so what should it do with this non standard WvV>> kludge?
SM> Many sysops, for example, use the .1 address to read mail. It is quite SM> expected that sysop want to send a Ping from the address .1, and get a SM> response to .0.
That's a fine usage example by an honorable user.
But when you can control an auto responding robot, where it's sending it's responses to, that is prone to all kinds of abuse...
Bye, Wilfred.
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