[Mimedefang] Detect mail loops in mimedefang ?

[Mark Suter]

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Florian,

> First I wanted to check the Received: lines and count every line where
> one of our mailrelays is in. If the count reaches a specific value drop
> the mail. The Problem is, that the Received-lines are written new if the
> message is bounced.

Sendmail has been counting Received: lines for ages - that's the
mechanism behind the maximum hop count:

    http://www.sendmail.org/m4/tweaking_config.html#confMAX_HOP

> Theoretically I have to check the whole message for this Received: lines
> ? Or is there another possibility to check for looping mails ? 

Theoretically, a mail loop may exist yet be undetectable.  In
practice, this theoretical possibility doesn't matter and
sendmail's maximum hop count is enough.

I would caution you against spending too much effort protecting
about an unlikely event; however, it may be that it has happened
to you recently.

Yours sincerely,

- -- Mark John Suter  | I know that you  believe  you understand
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