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

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

--- Comment #2 from Olivier F. R. Dierick <o.dierick at piezo-forte.be> ---
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.

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