Re: [Exim] replacing sender by from header?

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Author: jens-ingo brodesser
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] replacing sender by from header?
At 18:24 -0400 11/04/02, you wrote:


>Yes, I've had the same issue using IMP for web mail. In the rewrite
>section of my exim config I did something like this...
>
>*            $reply_address        Fs

>
>The "F" sets the "envelope from" and the "s" sets the "Sender:" header. So
>basically I'm rewriting all address in the envelope from and sender: header
>to be the reply address. The reply_address is equal to the from header,
>unless a "Reply-To:" header is specified.
>


this can be dangerous if the from header contains a url, instead of a
valid email-address, like some cgi programs do. i recognized that if
the from header is a url exim writes to the paniclog and exits.


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