Author: Chris Lightfoot Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] OT(?): 1und1 (Kundenserver) using unusable Envelope-From?
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 08:02:25AM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > Dave Lugo <dlugo@???> (Di 21 Nov 2006 00:38:32 CET):
> >
> > try a non-null sender:
> >
> > dlugo@spot> telnet mx01.kundenserver.de 25
> ...
> > 220 mx-b.kundenserver.de (mxeu22) Welcome to Nemesis ESMTP server
> > HELO spot.etherboy.com
> > 250 mxeu22.kundenserver.de pleased to meet you
> > MAIL FROM:<dlugo@???>
> > 250 mail from: <dlugo@???> ok
> > RCPT TO:<SRS0=zmI/=FA=arnold.schlittermann.de=arnold@???>
> > 250 <SRS0=zmI/=FA=arnold.schlittermann.de=arnold@???> ok
> > quit
> > 221 mx-b.kundenserver.de Bye
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Nice. But if I generate a bounce mail due to some delivery problems on
> my side my bounce *has* a null sender, doesn't it?
Well, I notice from the increasing number of backscatter
bounces I see which have non-null senders that this view
is becoming less popular of late. But yes, your bounce
certainly ought to!
I suppose you could special-case bounces to these people,
but why pay them any more attention than any other muppets
who refuse incoming bounces?
--
``Around 1,500 spectators turned up,... lured by the novel combination of
death, an elephant and electricity. Mercifully, Topsy died extremely quickly,
and without a trumpet, which may have had something to do with the carrots
laced with cyanide that she had been fed.'' (from The Economist)
