On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:51:43PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 14:05:32 +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 07:08:25PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > sorry, my observation was wrong. My mutt always generated a From: line > > > (with "realname <u...@host>"), and exim used to translate this into the > > > real address. Dma seems to only use virtusertable if no From: line is > > > present. > > > > > > I fixed my mutt configuration to not generate a From: line, and now > > > virtusertable is used. > > > > So... erm, sorry, but I'm a bit unclear - do you think this is still > > a problem? :) > > > > After a quick look in the dma code, I don't think it tries to modify > > the From: header in any way. What it does is change the envelope > > sender to the virtual user; I guess Simon's thinking was along the lines > > of "the From: header should be set by the MUA; if somebody wants virtusers, > > he'll have told his MUA to set the proper From header". > > > > On the other hand, the behavior you've seen is completely explained by > > the fact that if the MUA sends a message *without* a From: header at all, > > dma will *add* a From: header with the e-mail address of the envelope > > sender. Since this is done after it has substituted the envelope sender > > address with the virtual one, It All Just Works(tm) :) > > > > I don't think it would be dma's job to *modify* the From: header if a MUA > > has set one. IMHO, what it does right now - always modify the envelope > > sender (if a virtuser is present) and always add a From: header if the MUA > > has not - should be the extent of its interfering with the user's message. > > Hi, > > yes, I just had to realize that dma behaves different compared to exim. > I think this bug can be closed.
Okay, thanks a lot. I'm closing the bug now. > Btw., I'm using 0.0.2010.06.17-1 for a few days now and it looks fine. Thanks for this piece of feedback, too! Actually, it just hit the archive after passing through NEW because of the new dma-migrate binary package, so you'll have a chance to run it with the last-minute fixes, too :) G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 What would this sentence be like if it weren't self-referential?
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