On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What does sender_domain check? The envelope or the from: field?
Envelope. In theory, an MTA is concerned only with envelopes, just like regular snail mail post handlers. (In practice these days, MTAs often have to look inside to do various checks.) > What is the relationship between the from: field and the envelope? What > info gets filled in from where? There is no relation. The creator of the message can fill in whatever they want to, though a Message Submission Agent (MSA) may enforce certain constraints. > Pointers to the Exim spec will do, but I was unable to find this info myself. http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec_43.html#SECT43.11 gives some information. -- Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714. Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
