Re: Qmail on lists.debian.org is costing me real money
rdm@test.legislate.com (Raul Miller) wrote on 17.03.98 in <[🔎] 19980317074909.61039@hazel>:
> Kai Henningsen <kaih@khms.westfalen.de> wrote:
> > Multiple MAIL FROM per message? Is this the SMTP variant of the COME FROM
> > statemnent?
>
> No. By using a different MAIL FROM: line for each delivery, bounces
> can be identified no matter how the remote system mutilates the message.
Ah yes, that thing.
DJB is far too fond of abusing the standards, IMO.
> MAIL FROM: is a part of the smtp standard, rfc 823 if I recall correctly.
821 of course.
> I should also point out that on www.qmail.org is a mechanism to
> delete multiple messages when they have the same message body (only
> the first goes through). If Ian wishes to reduce deliveries to
> his machine, perhaps he should investigate this mechanism. [For
> example, set up a virtual domain on master for his machine, and
> a local mechanism there which queues messages and, for the case
> of multiple deliveries, adds the envelop recipients of the
> messages with duplicate bodies to the list for the first message.
> After some period, the message could be sent on its way to
> chiark using whatever mailer he prefers.]
So, first qmail breaks the standards, and then we create an ugly hack to
make the result standard again?
Does this strike anyone beside myself as ridiculous and obscene?
MfG Kai
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