[MlMt] Machine specific header

Marc ARC MailMate at arcict.com
Wed Jul 28 10:01:43 EDT 2021


Philip,


> A more reliable solution would be to give each user of the shared mailbox their own credentials.
Will have to look if our mailserver can support this

Thanks for the input and the ideas, I know what to try now

Marc


On 28 Jul 2021, at 4:49, Philip Paeps wrote:

> On 2021-07-27 18:24:10 (+0800), MM_Arc wrote:
>> At the office we are handling info-account with a number of users.
>> At rare occasions the need arises to be able to tell which workstation did send the mail . . .
>>
>> So I’m wondering if there is a possibility to configure/add/set a specific header/tag based on the MM installation.
>
> You could configure MailMate to put the hostname in the EHLO command it sends to the SMTP server:
>
> defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmSMTPFixedHostname -string "example.com"
>
> In many (most? some?) setups, that will cause the string to turn up in the first Received: header.
>
> Alternatively, you could set a custom header:
>
> defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmAdditionalComposerHeaders "( { headerName = 'X-YourOrg-Info-Workstation'; defaultValue = 'Something'; type = 'plain'; } )"
>
> That may be a little bit more reliable in transit but users can easily edit or suppress the header (either inadvertently or maliciously).
>
> (These settings are documented on https://manual.mailmate-app.com/hidden_preferences)
>
> A more reliable solution would be to give each user of the shared mailbox their own credentials.
>
> Philip
>
> -- 
> Philip Paeps
> Senior Reality Engineer
> Alternative Enterprises
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