[Bug 49008] New: Invalid To: tag in registration confirmation email

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49008

Bug ID: 49008
           Summary: Invalid To: tag in registration confirmation email
           Product: WineHQ.org
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: www-unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 66984
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=66984
The email file

Hello,

The site sends an email to confirm registration. The To: tag must contain the
address of the user to whom the e-mail is addressed following the e-mail
standards. Letters from you are placed in the spam folder because the tag
currently has the value [e-mail]. I ask you fix the problem.

I attached the email file to this report.

Kind Regards,
Ilia

[Bug 49008] Invalid To: tag in registration confirmation email

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49008

IliaBrz  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

[Bug 49008] Invalid To: tag in registration confirmation email

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49008

Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
          Component|www-unknown                 |appdb-unknown
            Product|WineHQ.org                  |WineHQ Apps Database

--- Comment #1 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

Changing Product to WineHQ Apps Database, as the attached email concerns
registration to appdb.winehq.org.

Regards.

[Bug 49008] Invalid To: tag in registration confirmation email

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49008

--- Comment #2 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

--- quote from RFC2822 ---
The "To:" field contains the address(es) of the primary recipient(s)
   of the message.
--- end quote ---

It's up to the sender to determine who the primary recipient is.
The standard makes no provision about that.

It's common usage of mailing-lists and automated email services to hide the
recipient address using a self-address in the 'TO' email header and to put the
actual address(es) in the 'BCC' email header or 'RCPT TO' STMP command.

It's not a violation of the standard.

All the emails sent from appdb.winehq.org have the 'TO' header set to the
self-address, not only the confirmation email. It has been so for years.
Probably because it uses a mailing list system to send all emails. In this case
it's a single-address mailing list.

As with any automated email service and mailing-list, it's up to you to teach
your spam filter to whitelist the emails from that sender.

Regards.