[Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Strip 'return receipt'
Barry A. Warsaw
bwarsaw at cnri.reston.va.us
Wed Jul 21 04:37:55 CEST 1999
>>>>> "DC" == Dave Cinege <dcinege at psychosis.com> writes:
DC> Not only is a request for return reciept post annoying, it is
DC> also a way to fish for mailing list members.
DC> I feel proper action should be to strip this line from the
DC> header and pass on the post.
How does this patch work for you?
-Barry
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Index: Deliverer.py
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/mailman/Mailman/Deliverer.py,v
retrieving revision 1.59
diff -c -r1.59 Deliverer.py
*** Deliverer.py 1999/05/04 14:10:10 1.59
--- Deliverer.py 1999/07/21 02:34:12
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*** 142,147 ****
--- 142,150 ----
if self.reply_goes_to_list:
del msg['reply-to']
msg.headers.append('Reply-To: %s\n' % self.GetListEmail())
+ # these can be used to surreptitiously gather membership info
+ del msg['return-receipt-to']
+ del msg['disposition-notification-to']
# get rid of duplicate fields
del msg['sender']
del msg['errors-to']
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