Re: [Exim] how to insert aliases into the 'Received' header?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: jeff
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] how to insert aliases into the 'Received' header?
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, jeff wrote:

> Is there some way to configure exim so that when a message is received
> for an alias of a local user, the alias is placed in the Received
> header?


That will happen automatically, PROVIDED there is only one recipient for
the message. If there is more than one recipient, it does not happen,
because it could be a confidentiality exposure of bcc recipients.

> Right now, if a message comes in for joe-spam1@???, the
> following header is added before local delivery:
>
> Received: from evil-spam-relay.com [0.1.2.3] by big-fun-host.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id
> 12AB3C-0129XY-00; Thu, 21 Aug 2000 13:12:01 -0700


Ah Debian. Looks like they have modified what goes in the Received:
header. Take a look at the received_header_text option.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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