At 08:34 PM 10/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Richard Bewley wrote: > > > I've noticed with a lot of spam, it is getting to people it is not > > > addressed to. I.E., the spammer specifies a rcpt to: as sombody, say > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], but the to header will be: > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >the To: header is not used for delivery Yeah, that's why I was thinking it should match what the rcpt to says, so users don't think they got sombody else's mail. > > > So, to the end user, it will look as though they got [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s > > > email. I can't think of any valid reason, the rcpt to > >.... is the only designator for delivery. > > >wouldn't be in the > > > To header, is there a way to create a filter for this? > >envelope "RCPT TO:" is filtered in access maps > >"To:" header is filtered header_checks Well, as soon as I started thinking about it, 2 people brought up the issue of mailing lists, and valid reasons where the rcpt to and to header would differ. Richard >Len
