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Diffstat (limited to 'Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py | 22 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py b/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py index 8e3c7d73..e248ad1f 100644 --- a/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py +++ b/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright (C) 1998-2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1998-2010 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -355,10 +355,26 @@ def bulkdeliver(mlist, msg, msgdata, envsender, failures, conn): # the Sender header at all. Brad Knowles points out that MTAs tend to # wipe existing Return-Path headers, and old MTAs may still honor # Errors-To while new ones will at worst ignore the header. - del msg['sender'] + # + # With some MUAs (eg. Outlook 2003) rewriting the Sender header with our + # envelope sender causes more problems than it solves, because some will + # include the Sender address in a reply-to-all, which is not only + # confusing to subscribers, but can actually disable/unsubscribe them from + # lists, depending on how often they accidentally reply to it. Also, when + # forwarding mail inline, the sender is replaced with the string "Full + # Name (on behalf bounce@addr.ess)", essentially losing the original + # sender address. + # + # The drawback of not touching the Sender: header is that some MTAs might + # still send bounces to it, so by not trapping it, we can miss bounces. + # (Or worse, MTAs might send bounces to the From: address if they can't + # find a Sender: header.) So instead of completely disabling the sender + # rewriting, we offer an option to disable it. del msg['errors-to'] - msg['Sender'] = envsender msg['Errors-To'] = envsender + if mlist.include_sender_header: + del msg['sender'] + msg['Sender'] = envsender # Get the plain, flattened text of the message, sans unixfrom # using our as_string() method to not mangle From_ and not fold # sub-part headers possibly breaking signatures. |