Bounces go to the envelope sender, the address used in the SMTP MAIL
FROM command.

Not reply-to, nor bounces-to, nor any other address listed in a
header.

To control where bounces are returned, set the envelope sender.



  -- Noel Jones


On 6/28/2016 1:28 PM, Chip wrote:
> In standard email campaign software like phplist, constantcontact,
> mailchimp all of those popular email campaign software many of which
> use Exim and are used literally by millions of email campaigners,
> the bounces-to is where bounces are expected to be returned so that
> they can be effectively removed from mailings and people don't'
> receive spam.  It is an very important part of email campaigns and
> reduces by great amounts the amount of spam that is manufactured.
> 
> Okay maybe it's not in RFC's but I would it would be at least a
> recommendation that bounces can be routed back to bounces-to rather
> than reply-to.  After all, why have the field at all if it's not
> used properly.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 06/28/2016 01:51 PM, Noel Jones wrote:
>> On 6/28/2016 12:12 PM, Chip wrote:
>>> Meaning there are no standards for the way
>>> emailers should respond to bounces?
>> bounces always go to the envelope sender, regardless of any
>> unrelated junk in the headers.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 

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