Re: [Exim] Unknown users and return-path/Resent-from

Top Page
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Philip Hazel
Date:  
To: Vadim Vygonets
CC: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [Exim] Unknown users and return-path/Resent-from
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Vadim Vygonets wrote:

> > Indeed, if the MUA is unprivileged and the
> > MTA is Exim running on the same host,
>
> ... and the MUA sends mail by running Exim and piping the message
> into it, as opposing to talking to Exim via SMTP ...


Pedant!

Actually, to be even more pedantic, the last clause should read "as
opposed to talking to Exim via SMTP over TCP/IP". If you use SMTP over
stdin/stdout the sender address is enforced (except for trusted
callers).

> > the MUA *cannot* adjust the envelope recipient.
>
> ITYM s/recipient/sender/.


I did.

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.