>> If I am unable to get the confirmation emails to my mailbox without
>> stripping the Tags (+confirm etc) can I use formail or something to
>> extract the TO: from the rfc822 headers?
>
> The "To:" header doesn't offer reliable information.  It's often
> forged, particularly in the case of spam messages.

If I can use rewrite rules so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
get to my login (procmail script) then I get control...

I can do some checking to make sure that the extracted TO is
either tom@ or tom+*@ to validate it, it would be hard for
a spammer to corrupt BOTH the rewritten envelope and the
rfc822 header... No?

May be able to use $LOGNAME instead of hardcoded 'tom'

Am I missing something or possibly on the right track?

> How about upgrading Sendmail then?  Or better yet, replacing it with a
> more modern MTA?  Old versions of Sendmail are riddled with security
> holes anyway.

That is not going to happen quickly...
my server provider has a lot of custom hooks in lots of places...
been with them for almost 10 years and I'm not going anywhere soon...

 ;)

tom


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