Re: [Exim] return-path over smtp

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Author: Emmanuel Lacour
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To: Ruth Ivimey-Cook, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] return-path over smtp
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:10:12 +0000
Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@???> wrote:

> At 03:57 PM 11/28/00, Emmanuel Lacour wrote:
> >         I want to specify a mail address in case of invalid To: when I 
> > send a mail via smtp. To do that, I set "Return-path: tutu@???" 
> > after DATA, but the message go back to the sender with adying a second 
> > Return-path and not the specified one.

>
> Return path is written by the final recipient MTA (i.e. the one that
> delivers the message) based on the FROM: address in the SMTP envelope.
> Placing a Return-Path in a message before that is, AFAIK, invalid.
>
> You could use "Sender:" perhaps?
>
> What exactly are you trying to achieve?


    I'm triyng to send all undelivred messages (bad To:) to specified user.


example: mail to tyty@??? (address invalid) from me@??? must go back to returnmails@???


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