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Re: Filtering e-mail address from bounced mail

2001-06-23 13:25:37
Jeroen Reynders <jeroen(_at_)eidetica(_dot_)com> writes:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Professional Software Engineering wrote:
...
         * There really isn't a standard format for bounce messages, though 
the bounces that sendmail produces would, by the merit of it having been 
the largest MTA, probably be considered as an unofficial standard of sorts.

Yes I have noticed that, when trying to find some strongpoints by
searching thru the RFC's.
...

Actually, there is a proposed standard for bounce messages, rfc1894.
However, only a fraction of MTAs out there implement it (newish versions
of sendmail, perhaps others?), so you still have to deal with free
form bounces.


Philip Guenther
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