AW: [Mimedefang] Detect mail loops in mimedefang ?

[David F. Skoll]

Florian Meister wrote:

> 2 mail relays and one mail-storage. The mail-storage has a
> webinterface on which you can redirect your mail. You redirect the
> mail to a mailbox which does not exist, and because of the redirect
> the Return-Path points to the redirected mailbox. The Server to
> which is redirected sends a bounce-mail. The bounce-mail comes in to
> the mail-relays. The mail relays do not see that the mail is
> rotating, because of the forwarding. Then the mail is forwarded and
> bounced again and gets bigger and bigger.

I can't follow this.  Bounce messages are supposed to come from <>
exactly to prevent this kind of looping.

Regards,

David.