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 23:15:03 CEST):
> So the Wikipedia article basically suggests there are many variants.
> Interesting. It's been my experience that almost all mail systems honor the
> bounces-to (which *sometimes* is based off the From or Reply-To unless the
> field bounces-to is set in the headers, it seems.)


I still do not see any Bounces-To header mentioned there.

> Notice the samples below which prove out my point in that regard:
>
> Return-path: <EverydayFood@???>
> Envelope-to: loot@???
> From: "Everyday Food - MarthaStewart.com"
> <EverydayFood@???>
> To: "loot@???" <loot@???>
> Reply-To: support@???
>
> Return-path: <barney@???>
> Envelope-to: loot@???
> From: Stan <stan@???>
> Bounces-To: barney@???


They're free to use any header they want… Maybe some broken mail
sysstems even hounour Bounces-To. But please, show me, which relevant
RFC mentions this header.

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