Block outgoing bcc

Vlad Mazek vlad at MAZEK.COM
Wed Jan 12 17:58:35 GMT 2005


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hkbyte wrote:

> I am working with a solution to block user to send out email by using
> bcc.  My idea is grapping the "Envelope recipient" during the SMTP
> conversation and then check with all To: and CC: headers, if the
> envelope recipient do not appear in the headers, the email is rejected.
> Is there any help MailScanner can do ?  Or where can I put my own Perl
> Script if working with MailScanner.


Any plans to include this in MailScanner? It would be very helpful to
block/delete/reject delivery to addresses that are not in the To:/cc:
fields.

On the other hand, can anybody think of a legitimate reason for a BCC?

-Vlad Mazek

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