Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joel Shellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A client on my server has a cgi script that sends email (I think via
> > SMTP through localhost). Well, the bounces come back to me instead of
> > going to the person in the from header.
> [...]
> > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Received: (qmail 14156 invoked by uid 99); 24 Dec 1999 14:08:56 -0000
> > Date: 24 Dec 1999 14:08:56 -0000
> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > X-Mailer: Perl Powered Socket Mailer
> > Subject: A Special Card is Waiting For You!
>
> Bounces always go the the envelope sender (the Return-Path: header above),
> not the user in the From: header.
A further followup on myself: I meant to say that you're probably getting
a double-bounce, because user 'anonymous' doesn't exist. The original bounce
is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which then bounces -- and the double bounce
ends up in the postmaster's mailbox.
Charles
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Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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