From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Faylor To: overseers@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: [macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl: Re: [postmaster@sourceware] failure notice (fwd)] Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:54:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20000621115409.A16014@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-q2/msg00374.html Message-ID: <20000621085400.gpUmeQGhJT2SVpe3pJOWp16PiiW2Yzro2gHCOGmuL_g@z> Would it make sense to allow mail with a "Resent-To: somemailinglist@sourceware.com" header through to the mailing list? This person was very annoyed and inconvenienced. It is part of the RFC for specifying a destination email address. cgf ----- Forwarded message from "Maciej W. Rozycki" ----- On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Chris Faylor wrote: > > Well, it's already stated in qmail's response so you wrote nothing new. > >The question is whether it is really desirable. I found this annoying. > > Can you point me to an RFC that details the use of "Resent-To:"? If > this is a standard header that has known properties then we may consider > using it. RFC-822, paragraph C.3.3 and RFC-2076, paragraph 3.14. > Otherwise, the fact that it shows up in a header does not mean much. MTAs should not filter messages based on their contents. Anyway, it's your site and your policy. I won't argue with you as it's none of my business. I'm just pointing out this annoyance. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + ----- End forwarded message -----