Block outgoing bcc

[Julian Field]

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Vlad Mazek wrote:

> 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?

None whatsoever.

> It would be very helpful to block/delete/reject delivery to addresses
> that are not in the To:/cc:
> fields.

Sorry, I strongly disagree.

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

I will leave others to list out a few of the many reasons for using bcc.
Would you really like your email address to be given out to everyone
else in every mailing list you are a member of? A spammer subscribes to
a list and automatically gets given a 100% accurate list of active email
accounts read by people with interest in the list subject. They'll think
it's Christmas every day!
There are countless reasons for needing bcc, most of which are
blindingly obvious.

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