Joel Shellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A client on my server has a cgi script that sends email (I think via
> SMTP through localhost). Well, the bounces come back to me instead of
> going to the person in the from header.
[...]
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Received: (qmail 14156 invoked by uid 99); 24 Dec 1999 14:08:56 -0000
> Date: 24 Dec 1999 14:08:56 -0000
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> X-Mailer: Perl Powered Socket Mailer
> Subject: A Special Card is Waiting For You!
Bounces always go the the envelope sender (the Return-Path: header above),
not the user in the From: header.
The problem here is the CGI script they are using is setting the user
part of the envelope sender to 'anonymous' (I'm assuming the host part,
'enSurge.com' is correct -- you anonymized the rest of the headers, so
we can't tell -- another reason not to do this in help requests).
Perhaps the CGI script can be modified, or the web page which calls it.
> Can I automatically forward them to the from header? Can I automatically
> execute a script/program when they come in?
Can probably be done, but is not a great idea. The return-to-envelope-sender
is standard practice, as it (theoretically) should always reach the
person who sent the mail, while From: and Reply-to: headers can be
legitimately set to other values for many reasons.
Charles
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