"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This seems to happen to any message with a return-path of <> ... bug
> or feature?
Bug, and one that will probably only surface under Exim 3.x. I've
attached a patch that fixes this. I will probably release 1.0.3
within a couple days with this fix. Thanks.
Index: Util.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tmda/tmda/TMDA/Util.py,v
retrieving revision 1.110.2.2
retrieving revision 1.110.2.4
diff -u -r1.110.2.2 -r1.110.2.4
--- Util.py 25 Jan 2004 18:25:31 -0000 1.110.2.2
+++ Util.py 18 Feb 2004 21:05:56 -0000 1.110.2.4
@@ -565,6 +565,26 @@
envsender is the envelope sender address.
"""
import Defaults
+ # Sending mail with a null envelope sender address <> is not done
+ # the same way across the different supported MTAs, nor across the
+ # two mail transports (SMTP and /usr/sbin/sendmail).
+ #
+ # The most common method is to use the string '<>'. There are two
+ # exceptions where an empty string must be used instead.
+ #
+ # 1) When running qmail/courier and using the sendmail transport.
+ # qmail munges the envelope sender address into <"<>"@domain.dom
+ # if "sendmail -f <>" is used.
+ #
+ # 2) When running Postfix and using the sendmail transport.
+ # Old versions of Postfix apparently also have trouble with
+ # "sendmail -f <>", though Postfix 2.0.x does not.
+ if envsender == '':
+ envsender = '<>'
+ if envsender == '<>' and \
+ Defaults.MAIL_TRANSFER_AGENT in ('postfix', 'qmail') and \
+ Defaults.MAIL_TRANSPORT == 'sendmail':
+ envsender = ''
if Defaults.MAIL_TRANSPORT == 'sendmail':
# You can avoid the shell by passing a tuple of arguments as
# the command instead of a string. This will cause the
Index: Defaults.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tmda/tmda/TMDA/Defaults.py,v
retrieving revision 1.188
retrieving revision 1.188.2.1
diff -u -r1.188 -r1.188.2.1
--- Defaults.py 13 Oct 2003 19:33:24 -0000 1.188
+++ Defaults.py 18 Feb 2004 19:09:35 -0000 1.188.2.1
@@ -315,14 +315,9 @@
# Example:
# BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
#
-# Default is an empty envelope sender <>.
+# Default is "<>", a null envelope sender.
if not vars().has_key('BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER'):
- if MAIL_TRANSPORT == 'sendmail' and \
- MAIL_TRANSFER_AGENT in ('qmail', 'postfix'):
- # qmail/Postfix's /usr/sbin/sendmail doesn't like -f '<>'
- BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER = ''
- else:
- BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER = '<>'
+ BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER = '<>'
# BOUNCE_TEXT_FILTER_INCOMING
# Text for the failure notice returned to the sender when a 'bounce'
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