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Re: Envelope-To header in Exim



In article <[🔎] 3AB884E7.88B1959C@dv4.com>,
Liam Ward  <liam@dv4.com> wrote:
>I'm thinking of turning on Exim's feature whereby it adds an
>Envelope-To header to indicate the local address that caused
>the delivery. I want to do this because I use several mail
>addresses and when someone sends me something (e.g. spam)
>using BCC, I want to know which address it was delivered to.
>
>The Exim documentation hints at possible problems but
>doesn't elaborate much. Is there anything to be worried
>about?

I don't think so, I have it turned on on several machines for
hundreds of users.

>Also, is it the case that Exim only adds this header when it
>is delivering to a local mailbox?

It adds this header when it delivers using a transport in
which the envelope_to_add = true is set (in exim.conf)

Mike.



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