Re: [exim] RFC: submission mode should strip BCC header?

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Szerző: Jeremy Harris
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Tárgy: Re: [exim] RFC: submission mode should strip BCC header?
On 26/09/2019 12:47, Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-users wrote:
> as recently "discovered" by Ian Z and me, at least one MUA strips the
> BCC headers before submitting the message, but fails to do so when
> "resending" the message. (I'm talking about Mutt, and its "bounce"
> capability).


Well, it's broken.


> For me this is somewhat unexpected behaviour, I think, in the firt
> place it is not Exim's job to fix that.
>
> But, OTOH, wouldn't it be helpful to enhance the submission mode,
> to strip the BCC header(s)?
>
>
>     control = submission                # strip BCC
>     control = submission/bcc_reatain    # don't do so


You could just as justifiably strip it from all mail, using
headers_remove. No new feature needed, only a config addition.

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Cheers,
Jeremy