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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.