Re: [exim] [PATCH] add verify=header_sender[=header_type] fu…

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] [PATCH] add verify=header_sender[=header_type] functionality
Sean Donelan <sean@???> wrote:
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> I wanted specify which header sender field to verify, I've expanded the
> verify=header_sender command.

[...]
> Header type can specify which "sender" header field to check.


>   *         returns true if any sender header address is verifiable
>   all       returns true if all header sender addresses are verifiable
>   from      returns true if verifiable address in From: header line
>   reply_to  returns true if verifiable address in Reply-To: header line
>   sender    returns true if verifiable address in Sender: header line


> The default action is "*" which is the current (4.70) behavior.

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Shouldn't the default be named "any" instead of "*"? I am no native
speaker but without consulting docs I would guess
"require verify = header_sender=*"
to mean that *every* address in the respective fields needs to be
verifyable. (which is what you correctly labeled as "all".)

cu andreas

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