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Miles Bader writes:

 > I see no reason _not_ to use the From_ line...

People *do* write tools that parse stuff out of the From_ line.  Even
though that's almost always a bad idea, it usually works OK because
there's usually only one MTA they deal with.  Why screw them up,
purely gratuitously?