Bug in SA.pm patch to MS 4.34.8-1

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Oct 8 14:03:16 IST 2004


Try the attached patches for SA.pm and MCP.pm.

At 12:21 08/10/2004, you wrote:
>Yes, using the existing "Envelope From Header" value seems the
>appropriate thing to do.
>
>It also meets my requirement (see earlier posting) for a site to be able
>to specify a locally unique X-header string to use for the envelope-from
>address that MS can stuff into the message.
>
>Without that uniqueness I think SA will get confused when it tries to
>decide which of the X-MailScanner-From: lines, all but one added by
>upstream relays, it should use as the value of the pseudo-header
>"EnvelopeFrom".
>
>The SA options document makes a comment that MTAs should avoid using a
>single, standard, line containing the envelope-from address.
>
>When the amended patch is ready I will test it for you.
>
>Thanks
>
>Quentin
>
> >-----Original Message-----
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> >[mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Julian Field
> >Sent: 08 October 2004 11:57
> >To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >Subject: Re: Bug in SA.pm patch to MS 4.34.8-1
> >
> >At 11:52 08/10/2004, you wrote:
> >>Julian
> >>
> >>The "EnvelopeFrom" pseudo-header may be working for you and with SPF.
> >>
> >>It is not working here unless SA.pm and MCP.pm are patched as I
> >>described earlier. :-(
> >
> >How about I add the
> >"Envelope From Header"
> >as defined in MailScanner.conf? That would save yet another
> >config option.
> >
> >
> >>I need this feature to work because I want to define rules in MCP that
> >>will allow me to discard messages to certain local addresses if the
> >>envelope-from address is not from our two domains, ncl.ac.uk or
> >>newcastle.ac.uk.
> >
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