Bug#908865: exim4: Default CHECK_RCPT_REMOTE_LOCALPARTS blocks legal email addresses (in particular the % character)

2018-09-17 Thread Marc Haber
tags #908865 upstream thanks On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:04:34PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > I particular, I do not understand the spam risk you mention and also > Google did not help me :-/ ... Could you give me a pointer to more > details? In particular do I carry a SPAM risk if I do the local

Bug#908865: exim4: Default CHECK_RCPT_REMOTE_LOCALPARTS blocks legal email addresses (in particular the % character)

2018-09-17 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hi Marc, thanks for your quick reply. Am Montag, 17. September 2018, 13:01:11 CEST schrieb Marc Haber: > Hi, > > please feel free to do a local override of the macro. How to do this is > explained in the package docs. That is exactly what I attempted by adding # accept % in email addresses

Bug#908865: exim4: Default CHECK_RCPT_REMOTE_LOCALPARTS blocks legal email addresses (in particular the % character)

2018-09-17 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, please feel free to do a local override of the macro. How to do this is explained in the package docs. Andreas might revise the default in the package, if it were my decision, I wouldn't change this, even if in these days where explicit SMTP routing is not even used any more by spammers.

Bug#908865: exim4: Default CHECK_RCPT_REMOTE_LOCALPARTS blocks legal email addresses (in particular the % character)

2018-09-15 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Package: exim4 Version: 4.84.2-2+deb8u5 Severity: important Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, I just realized that the default configuration of exim4 in Debian blocks legal email addresses with legel syntax. E.g. list%u...@gmx.de is rejected and generates a restricted characters in