[Mimedefang] Re: email wire tap

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Mon Mar 22 20:52:57 EST 2004


On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Michael Mondy wrote:

> Previous replies in this thread have suggested using add_recipient() and
> resend_message().  However, neither of these methods will preserve the
> actual recipients.  That doesn't seem to meet the intent of a wiretap
> effort.

That's pretty easy to do; the info is all available to MIMEDefang.
Search the archives for "X-Orig".  If you don't want to reveal
Bcc: recipients, you need to store the recipient info somewhere
out-of-band, but again, in principle, it's not hard.

> At any rate, it seems somewhat expensive to do a wiretap properly
> and anyone requesting one should be asked to provide the additional
> mailserver resources.

Anyone requesting an e-mail wiretap should think long and hard about
(a) why exactly he/she needs it, and (b) the ethics of intercepting
private e-mail.

Regards,

David.



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