Mark Constable wrote: > On 2008-08-27, Jeff Jansen wrote: >>> I have a number of .courier files pointing to external email >>> addresses and I would like to rewrite the From_ line to avoid >>> SPF blocking on destination mail servers that use SPF checking. > >> By "From_" line do you mean the SMTP envelope "MAIL FROM:"? If so then >> I think you could simply change your .courier to be >> >> | sendmail -f <some-good-address> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> That would pump the message back out through sendmail, but with a >> different "MAIL FROM:" I haven't tried this, so YMMV, as they say. ;-) > > Yes, brilliantly simple, thank you for that hint, it works :-) > > So the above can be used to prevent SPF blocking on remote servers, > from locally forwarded aliases, assuming the remote server checks for > MAILFROM using the equivalent of couriers mailfromok...
Careful though; if the remote delivery fails for some reason, the envelope sender address may receive a bounce, which will cause a mail-loop if it's the same same address as the one that has this forward (or has a similar forward set up). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
