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| -rw-r--r-- | Mailman/Defaults.py.in | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Defaults.py.in b/Mailman/Defaults.py.in index bce6b44bf..f313bca2e 100644 --- a/Mailman/Defaults.py.in +++ b/Mailman/Defaults.py.in @@ -443,11 +443,11 @@ SMTP_LOG_EACH_FAILURE = ( # # http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt # -# Basically, this invovles encoding the address of the recipient as we -# (Mailman) know it into the envelope sender address (i.e. the SMTP `MAIL TO:' -# address). Thus, no matter what kind of forwarding the recipient has in -# place, should it eventually bounce, we will receive an unambiguous notice of -# the bouncing address. +# This involves encoding the address of the recipient as we (Mailman) know it +# into the envelope sender address (i.e. the SMTP `MAIL FROM:' address). +# Thus, no matter what kind of forwarding the recipient has in place, should +# it eventually bounce, we will receive an unambiguous notice of the bouncing +# address. # # However, we're technically only "VERP-like" because we're doing the envelope # sender encoding in Mailman, not in the MTA. We do require cooperation from @@ -473,10 +473,11 @@ SMTP_LOG_EACH_FAILURE = ( VERP_FORMAT = '%(bounces)s+%(mailbox)s=%(host)s' # The second describes a regular expression to unambiguously decode such an -# address, which will be placed in the From: header by the bouncing MTA. -# Getting this right is critical -- and tricky. Learn your Python regular -# expressions. It must define exactly two named groups, mailbox and host, -# with the same definition as above. It will be compiled case-insensitively. +# address, which will be placed in the To: header of the bounce message by the +# bouncing MTA. Getting this right is critical -- and tricky. Learn your +# Python regular expressions. It must define exactly two named groups, +# mailbox and host, with the same definition as above. It will be compiled +# case-insensitively. VERP_REGEXP = r'^[^+]+?\+(?P<mailbox>[^=]+)=(?P<host>[^@]+)@.*$' # A perfect opportunity for doing VERP is the password reminders, which are |