[fetchmail] Re: Problems with BCC Emails

Bill Michell writes: 

> Tony Horse writes:  
>
> > Hi,  
> >
> > I have a problem with BCC emails from senders, which seem to end up in 
> > the admin mailbox and are not correctly routed to the individuals.  
> [snip]
> > I would really appreciate some help.  
> The problem is that there is no consistent way that mail servers mark 
> these bcc recipients in the mail headers. However, there are a number of 
> ways that are commonly used, an dfetchmail can cope with many of them - 
> though it needs tuning on a server by server basis.  
>
> Read up on multidrop, and pay particular attention to the examples in the 
> FAQ. If you still have problems, look at the headers in one of the 
> messages that is being incorrectly delivered. If the correct bcc recipient 
> is mentioned anywhere in there (perhaps even in one of the Recieved: 
> lines) you should be able to get fetchmail to work correctly with it. If 
> the bcc recipient isn't mentioned, you're stuck; get a new upstream mail 
> server that understands these problems! If you do have the recipient 
> somewhere in the headers, post an example of the headers if you need help 
> in figuring out the correct settings.  
Sorry to reply to my own message - but the point is that the extra headers 
are added by a server near you, not by the originator. Because it will 
always be the same server near you, if you can figure out what it does, you 
can fix fetchmail to get it right.
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Bill Michell
bill(_at_)mics(_dot_)org(_dot_)uk (home)