Re: [exim] Is not honoring bounces-to violation of RFC?

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Is not honoring bounces-to violation of RFC?
Chip <jeffschips@???> (Di 28 Jun 2016 17:18:54 CEST):
> I know this question is not specifically germane to Exim but everyone on
> this list has extensive experience with bouncing policies.
>
> If a receiver of campaign emails (that promotes itself as an email security
> service) sends bounces to "reply-to" rather than "bounces-to" as a policy
> despite bounces-to present in all campaign emails headers, would this be
> considered a violation of RFCs?


Bounces should go to the Envelope sender of the triggering message.
The Envelope sender doesn't need to be identical to the Reply-To: or the
address found in the From: header. (Reply-To and From may even contain
more than one address, the Envelope sender carries exactly one address
(which may be empty, in case it's a bounce already)))

I've never heard of a Bounces-To Header.

    Best regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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