Re: Make cron supply valid RFC822 From: and To: headers
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:02:00 +0100, Alexander Hall wrote: > Since I switched to SMTPD I noticed a few cron emails being marked as > spam by spamassassin, largely caused by the From: and To: headers not > containing a domain part. Sendmail will add the domain if the always_add_domain feature is enabled (as it is in our default config). > If I read RFC822 correctly, the domain part is not optional, and thus > we should append one, unless MAILTO already specifies one. > > Historical reasons from the land of pre-smtp why I'm wrong? Historically, cron has been able to work with non-internet mailers that simply write to the local spool file. It seems like smtpd should add the domain for locally-generated messages if one is missing. - todd
Re: Make cron supply valid RFC822 From: and To: headers
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 03:14:06PM +0100, Alexander Hall wrote: > On 11/13/12 13:49, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > >Alexander Hall wrote: > > > >>Since I switched to SMTPD I noticed a few cron emails being marked as > >>spam by spamassassin, largely caused by the From: and To: headers not > >>containing a domain part. > >> > >>If I read RFC822 correctly, the domain part is not optional, and thus > >>we should append one, unless MAILTO already specifies one. > > > >This looks like a problem in smtpd. Sendmail and compatible MTAs > >have always fully qualified any incomplete addresses. > > Ok, no matter how we parse the rfc's, since old sendmail and friends > rewrites those headers, I guess it's already a de-facto standard, in > practice forcing us to make smtpd do it too. > > In the meantime, would the diff hurt anyone? Or is it just a lousy > workaround? > > /Alexander I believe sendmail has options to add a specific domain to unqualified names. I think you want the sendmail (like) mechanism here, not a specific one for cron only. -Otto
Re: Make cron supply valid RFC822 From: and To: headers
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:14:06 +0100 > From: Alexander Hall > > On 11/13/12 13:49, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > Alexander Hall wrote: > > > >> Since I switched to SMTPD I noticed a few cron emails being marked as > >> spam by spamassassin, largely caused by the From: and To: headers not > >> containing a domain part. > >> > >> If I read RFC822 correctly, the domain part is not optional, and thus > >> we should append one, unless MAILTO already specifies one. > > > > This looks like a problem in smtpd. Sendmail and compatible MTAs > > have always fully qualified any incomplete addresses. > > Ok, no matter how we parse the rfc's, since old sendmail and friends > rewrites those headers, I guess it's already a de-facto standard, in > practice forcing us to make smtpd do it too. > > In the meantime, would the diff hurt anyone? Or is it just a lousy > workaround? It's just a lousy workaround ;).
Re: Make cron supply valid RFC822 From: and To: headers
On 11/13/12 13:49, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Alexander Hall wrote: Since I switched to SMTPD I noticed a few cron emails being marked as spam by spamassassin, largely caused by the From: and To: headers not containing a domain part. If I read RFC822 correctly, the domain part is not optional, and thus we should append one, unless MAILTO already specifies one. This looks like a problem in smtpd. Sendmail and compatible MTAs have always fully qualified any incomplete addresses. Ok, no matter how we parse the rfc's, since old sendmail and friends rewrites those headers, I guess it's already a de-facto standard, in practice forcing us to make smtpd do it too. In the meantime, would the diff hurt anyone? Or is it just a lousy workaround? /Alexander
Re: Make cron supply valid RFC822 From: and To: headers
Alexander Hall wrote: > Since I switched to SMTPD I noticed a few cron emails being marked as > spam by spamassassin, largely caused by the From: and To: headers not > containing a domain part. > > If I read RFC822 correctly, the domain part is not optional, and thus > we should append one, unless MAILTO already specifies one. This looks like a problem in smtpd. Sendmail and compatible MTAs have always fully qualified any incomplete addresses. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
