Re: [EXIM] Bug#23763: exim SMTP handling is strange

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Szerző: Nigel Metheringham
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Címzett: Galen Hazelwood
CC: Avery Pennarun, exim-users
Tárgy: Re: [EXIM] Bug#23763: exim SMTP handling is strange

galenh@??? said:
} I'm not sure fetchmail was correct in passing those lines through.
} They are clearly not part of RFC822, and since fetchmail uses SMTP to
} deliver messages, it should take some trouble to look for that sort of
} brokenness. Exim is being inconsistent, but it _should_ be
} inconsistent. Messages received through SMTP are expected to be
} correct, and the sort of brain-damage-checking done on the command
} line is just a waste of resources.

If a line like that is seen, fetchmail should swallow it and the use the
mail address from there as the envelope sender to the SMTP injection.

    Nigel.
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