Much simplified lexer

[Matthias Andree]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, michael at optusnet.com.au wrote:

> [...] 
> > OTOH, if I'm pulling mail with POP3 or IMAP, then I'll have extra
> > Received: headers that are from my own mail fetcher or from my own
> > system. Filtering by content (only filter those systems' Received: lines
> > that don't receive directly from the spammer) looks feasible.
> 
> Neither POP3 nor IMAP will add Received lines but...
>  
> > > That's your configuration, and it's a _relatively_ rare one. The
> > > common case is people POP'ing their mail straight of their ISPs mail
> > > server.
> > 
> > See above: two extra Received: lines. (for fetchmail, that is).
> 
> .. fetchmail feeding into a local MTA will.  To repeat myself though,
> fetchmail is a relatively rare configuration. :)

It depends. For small businesses, "dynamic IP" with web site hosting is
quite common in Europe. If you down under are lucky to be able to afford
an own IP for every tiny mailserver, that's good for you :-)

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Matthias Andree

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