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Mail software that doesn't show headers and relay messages
Subject:Mail software that doesn't show headers and relay messages From:Ken d'Albenas <kendal -at- AUTOTROL -dot- CUC -dot- AB -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 7 Jul 1994 17:54:04 -0400
Sally Marquigny writes:
> Rich, I'm sure I speak for many when I say that I'd be happy to participate,
> but my system does not allow me to read headers
Wow, do you _pay_ for software like that? If so, what's it called? I want
to put it on my list of products to Avoid.
> [and] in all the information you
> provided, you did not include your email address!
For anyone in the same pickle as Sally, try saving the message
to a file. I would hope that the relay messages showed up there.
(This assumes that your mail software has a button or command
that saves messages to a file.)
Cheers,
Ken d'Albenas
Calgary, Alberta
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