Ram:
> On 10/01/2011 06:43 PM, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Ram:
> >> According to access Manpage
> >> http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html
> >>
> >> The BCC option for a  access lookup   is not supported. When will
> >> support for BCC be added ?
> > According to the HISTORY file:
> >
> > 20070405
> >
> >          Feature: BCC access/policy action, to demonstrate that this
> >          is not a good feature. The action's behavior is non-intuitive
> >          and requires too much documentation to explain.  It's
> >          therefore snapshot only.  File: smtpd/smtpd_check.c.
> >
> > Among the limitations are: the BCC access/policy action can't be
> > used in the before-smtpd_proxy_filter smtpd process, and it can't
> > be used with smtpd_delay_reject=no before the MAIL FROM command
> > (these limitations also apply to FILTER, HOLD, DISCARD, REDIRECT).

Oh, and I forgot to mention, it also can't be used in the
smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions.

> > These limitations don't exist with recipient/sender_bcc_maps;
> > every match will add a BCC recipient. The differences between
> > _bcc_maps and BCC in access maps make the feature non-intuitive.
> >
> > And intuitive it has to be, because many people assume that Postfix
> > documentation is as useless as other documentation.
> 
> Is there a patch file available for 2.8.2  :-)

As documented in the HISTORY FILE, this is a bad feature, and it
is not available for the stable release.

        Wietse

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