Re: [exim] Changing Return-Path on SMTP relay

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Autore: Ian Eiloart
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To: Bill Hayles, exim-users
Oggetto: Re: [exim] Changing Return-Path on SMTP relay


--On 14 March 2011 12:27:37 +0100 Bill Hayles <billnot@???> wrote:

> Hi, Steffen
>
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 18:08:45 +0100 in message number
> <00af01cbdcea$5175be40$f4613ac0$@???>, received here on
> 08/03/2011 10:56:38, "Steffen Heil" <lists@???> said:
>
>> Most recipients will drop mails that are FOR
>> and FROM them... This is a classical spam approach.


Ideally, they'd reject them at SMTP time. Dropping mail is not ever a good
idea.

And you should only reject such messages when the sender isn't
authenticated. I sometimes email myself, as a way of putting a reminder to
do something into my mailbox.


>
> Is there any way of doing this in Exim? It would be useful.
>
> --
> This is Spain. We do things differently here!
>
> Bill Hayles
> billnot@???




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