On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:50:35 +0200
From the procmail mini howto at http://rhols66.adsl.netsonic.fi/era/procmail/mini-faq.html
Q: Why can't I match on the BCC: header?
A: You can't match on the BCC: header because it is not present in the message you receive. See above. This is what the "Blind" in "Blind Carbon Copy" stands for; none of the recipients are supposed to see who's been BCC:ed. (Okay, so the spec has a few more twists. This is how Sendmail does it. Some other mailers will show the BCC list to the people who are being BCC:ed.)
Q: The Received: header seems to often contain something like Received: from elsewhere (...) by somewhere (...) for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> even if the recipient was Bcc:ed -- can't I rely on that "for" part?
A: No. Next question?
The problem is that (a) not all MTA:s add this information, and (b) even if yours sometimes does, it might not always. E.g. Sendmail won't stamp the recipient in the Received: header if the message was sent to several recipients at your site.
I know this doesn't help but at least you now know why.
Cheers Nigel
OK.
Is there a way to have fetchmail add something I can use to recognize the mailbox I downloaded the mail from?
Thanks
Olaf
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