[Remops] blocked header line /^From:/

[Marco Calamari]

On Sat, 2013-09-07 at 13:03 -0400, Bergman Remailer Admin wrote:
> On 9/7/2013 9:12 AM, Steve Crook wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 03:33:50PM -0400, Bergman Remailer Admin
> > wrote:
> >> In regards to Bergman remailer now in testing mode:
> >> 
> >> I'm seeing the occasional warnings in my Mixmaster error.log,
> >> Like this:
> >> 
> >> [2013-09-06 14:30:01] Notice: Blocked header line: From: Echolot
> >> Pinger <echolot at pinger.invalid> matches /^From:/.
> >> 
> >> What does it mean?
> 
> > When a pinger sends a message through your remailer, it tries to
> > use a customised From header.  By default, remailers block this
> > behaviour. The log messages indicate the remailer is correctly
> > doing that.  They are 'notice' level messages, not 'warn' so you
> > can safely ignore them.

AFAIK, yes, you can ignore them. but consider also that the header is
 stripped during processing. 



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