Re: [Declude.Virus] Forging recipients for gateway customers, bounce overload

[Matt]

I just noticed the following in one such header:     Return-path: <> Is is possible that a daemon would honor the Return-path (RFC 2821)?  I've noted that Netscape 7.1 at least doesn't, but it's a mail client and not a server... 3.8.4 Other Header Fields in Gatewaying The gateway MUST ensure that all header fields of a message that it forwards into the Internet mail environment meet the requirements for Internet mail. In particular, all addresses in "From:", "To:", "Cc:", etc., fields MUST be transformed (if necessary) to satisfy RFC 822 syntax, MUST reference only fully-qualified domain names, and MUST be effective and useful for sending replies. The translation algorithm used to convert mail from the Internet protocols to another environment's protocol SHOULD ensure that error messages from the foreign mail environment are delivered to the return path from the SMTP envelope, not to the sender listed in the "From:" field (or other fields) of the RFC 822 message. Matt Matt wrote: If that doesn't work, the Reply-To functionality could still be used as a kludge. Set the From address to [EMAIL PROTECTED].  Set the Reply-To address to [EMAIL PROTECTED].  Set up an IMail rule to delete any message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED].  This way, if an end-user wants to reply, it should work unless they draft a new message and ignore the reply-to address.  I suppose you could also just use a non-existant address so replies would be bounced back, but there should be no bounces to the null sender. Make sense? Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: Would it work to have a Reply-To address of <> instead?  Assuming of course that Declude Virus supports Reply-To and mailer daemon's would use the Reply-To address. It might be worth a try, but I don't think it will work.  Most bounce messages will normally go to the return address (in the SMTP envelope), regardless of what the Reply-To: is set to.                                                    -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver vulnerability detection. Find out what you've been missing: Ask about our free 30-day evaluation. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list.  To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus".    The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =====================================================