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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Blocking fake virus generated "bounces" not caught by Exiscan
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 02:20:34PM -0500, SpamTalk wrote:
>> Any lateral thoughts/ideas?


> Would it be possible and RFC compliant to reject the bounce if the message
> ID did not match the pattern that your system generates for a message with
> 5xx saying "originating message ID not local". Hopefully wiser heads will be
> able to expound or nix the concept. If it is legal, the ACL should be a
> default or an easily configured option.


The message-ID header is not necessarily generated by exim, many MUAs
do it before submitting the message to the MTA.
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