Re: email headers from 'russian porn'
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 09:55:30AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 06:46:05PM -0800 or thereabouts, brian moore wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 08:02:19PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> > > i didn't get any address spoofing. hmm...
> > > here's the headers i see -- ('h' in mutt)
> >
> > Yes, you're seeing an 'exim oddity' :)
> >
> > > From: "Lovely Johny" <John Lenon>
> >
> > On most smtp servers, the above address would change. SMTP insists that
> > the addresses be fully qualified, and sendmail and postfix (dunno about
> > qmail) will both canonicalize the address to themselves.
>
> oddity? i'm using exim and look at this:
>
> From: "Lovely Johny" <John Lenon@pop.gmx.de>
>
>
> or could it be that will is using a diff version of exim?
> mine is Version: 3.12-10
As I understand it, I think the 'exim oddity' only works if exim is the
first to see your mail (ie you have your own domain). In your case, gmx
would have been the first to see your mail, and was most likely what
changed it.
-Rob
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