Re: [Exim] IP address in Received headers..

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Auteur: Dave C.
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À: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Sujet: Re: [Exim] IP address in Received headers..
Ah ok, so the postmaster or admin crafting that message is just a moron.

Thats what I suspected to begin with.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Dave C. wrote:
>
> > I had recently enabled log_incoming_port, and just received a report
> > from one of our users with the below text.
>
> This was discussed in a thread on the list several months ago. There was
> debate on exactly what should be done. In fact, I have done nothing to
> Exim 3. However, for Exim 4 I have changed things so that ports are
> given in this notation: [1.2.3.4]:25
>
> > > Your e-mail could not be delivered. Your mail service does not comply
> > > with RFC-822 regarding IP addresses in Received lines.
>
> With respect, this is nonsense. The IP address in the Received: line (if
> you are using the default configuration) is within an RFC (2)822 comment.
>
> Why are people so eager to quote RFC 822 without reading it? It says:
>
>      received    =  "Received"    ":"            ; one per relay
>                        ["from" domain]           ; sending host
>                        ["by"   domain]           ; receiving host
>                        ["via"  atom]             ; physical path
>                       *("with" atom)             ; link/mail protocol
>                        ["id"   msg-id]           ; receiver msg id
>                        ["for"  addr-spec]        ; initial form
>                         ";"    date-time         ; time received

>
> I see no mention of any IP address in there.
>
> [I chose the a.b.c.d.p notation because that's what netstat uses, and it
> works with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. However, sigh, it seems to
> foul up too many things, which is why I'm changing it for Exim 4.]
>
>


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