On 20 Mar 2008, at 22:50, Davide Libenzi wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, CLEMENT Francis wrote:
> 
> > Hello Davide and list
> > 
> > Here is a sample xmail generated 'Received :' header :
> > 
> > Received: from some_sender_name ([aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd]:ppppp)
> >     .... (not important)
> > 
> > What is exactly the 'some_sender_name' actual value ?
> > - The value of the HELO/EHLO ?
> > - The reverse dns of aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd ?
> > 
> > And what is the corresponding field in the different logs generated by xmail
> > ?
> > same as the one used in generating the 'received :' header ?
> > 
> > Suggestion :
> > Depending of the response to the above question, could it be possible to add
> > (options in server.tab ?) the other value ?
> > ie :
> >     Received: from some_sender_name ([aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd]:ppppp) (RDNS :
> > therevdnsvalue)
> 
> There're too many software relying of parsing Received: headers, and I 
> don't want to change and possibly break them. The RFC does not contemplate 
> it, so better not touch it.

Yes, for emails received bcc to several recipients there seems to be 
no easy method to determine the user they were intended for. I filter 
on received headers for this purpose as more general than the 
occasional 'envelope to' or other similar headers that may be 
present. For me this is Postscript related rather than Xmail as
my secondary mx is a catch-all mailbox on separate ISP and Mercury 
collects by pop3 and filters on received. When changes are made to 
Postscript and/or ISPs config I sometimes have to change filters 
(last time was a few years ago).

David

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