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@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS There appears to be a problem on some systems where the envelope sender (e.g. the Unix "From " line) is set incorrectly. This will cause a negative match when checking to see if the sender is a - member of the list. Mailman defaults to using the envelope sender - before the sender (i.e. "From:" header) because the former is set - by the SMTP agent while the latter is easily spoofable by the end - user. + member of the list. Until 1.0b12, Mailman defaulted to using the + envelope sender before the sender (i.e. "From:" header) because the + former is set by the SMTP agent while the latter is easily + spoofable by the end user. However, if you are having this problem, you may opt to favor the From: header over the envelope sender. Do this by adding the @@ -126,8 +126,13 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS USE_ENVELOPE_SENDER=0 + if you want (arguably) more security, add this to your mm_cfg.py + file: + + USE_ENVELOPE_SENDER=1 + However, read the comments about this variable in the Defaults.py - file first. + file for a full discussion of the issues. |