[Mimedefang] I missed something...

[David F. Skoll]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:

>     When I start sendmail/mimedefang, what's...
>     mimedefang[12530]: IP validation header is ..... [ long string ]
>     ...used for?

See a recent version (2.25, for example) and the "PRESERVING RELAY
INFORMATION" of the mimedefang-filter(5) man page.

It's basically a hack to preserve the "real" IP address of the
sender even if mail traverses some internal relays first.

--
David.