Re: [exim] OT(?): SRS vs. SORBS sending mails with '<>' send…

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] OT(?): SRS vs. SORBS sending mails with '<>' sender
Hello Sander,

Sander Smeenk <ssmeenk@???> (Sa 06 Jan 2007 01:33:03 CET):
> Quoting Heiko Schlittermann (hs@???):
>
> > what I understand from SRS is:
> > If I use SRS for outgoing messages, bounces to messages I sent should be
> > addressed to SRS-"encoded" recipients, not to real real recipients.
>

....
> A DSN originates from a null sender to stop loops, normal email should
> (again in my honest opinion) never be sent from a null sender address.
> So i drop every DSN to addresses that are 'protected' by SRS and that
> doesn't meet my SRS policy.
>
> > Who is wrong here? Should SORBS use valid non-null sender addresses or
> > should I forget thinking about SRS?
>
> I'd say SORBS.


Thank you :)

> > [ In case SORBS is wrong - does anybody here know some folks from SORBS
> > to ask for a fix? ]
>
> Better would be to implement a whitelist in your SRS-check, like i did.
> You'll find it hard to convince people to change their setup because you
> have a problem.


Yes, we're always fixing our servers to cope with problems of others :-(


    Best regards from Dresden
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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