Autor: Dave C. Fecha: A: Suresh Ramasubramanian Cc: Exim Users Mailing List Asunto: Re: [Exim] RFC 2821 and "headers_sender_verify"/"headers_checks_
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> John Horne [exim-users] <16/05/01 12:46 +0100>:
> > On 16-May-01 at 08:35:12 Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> > > Precedence: headers are not mentioned in any RFC, so depending on
> > > these headers is Not A Good Thing[tm].
>
> > Not quite true, Precedence: is listed in RFC 2076 (page 13). However, the
> > comment with it states "Non-standard, controversial, discouraged". :-)
>
> Which is not an argument against using home-cooked headers (X-Loop in
> several procmail based autoacks, X-Been-There in Mailman, etc). And in such
> cases, all you have to do is to suppress bounces on your side when you see
> the header.
That is of course assuming that the system 'dueling' with you includes
all (or any) of your headers in its autoresponse, which is not something
you can count on. Most 'vacataion' autoresponders I have seen do not
include any part of the original message in their reply...
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