Thanks for the quick reply!
--- Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adam Nealis writes:
> > For reasons I am not too clear about, a user with
> > a POP3 vpopmail account on my qmail server appears
> > to let out his reply address as
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]%mail.foo.bar
>
> This is wrong, and bad. It's a construct from a pre-MX days, when
> there were smtp clients that didn't support MX records. But everybody
> does now, so there is absolutely ZERO excuse for using an address of
> that form.
I agree it is a bit of a relic. Also, of course allowing
the percenthack was the usual way of dong relaying back in
pre-1997(?) sendmail days.
> > So: what info do I put into what files?
>
> Still, they've told people about that address, so you ought to support
> it. man qmail-send and search for percenthack.
OK, I'll RTFM and look for percenthack. But AFAIR the
percenthack isn't selective, so I think I'll try to
fix the guy's mail client.
Adam.
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