Bug#1058808: exim4: Consider including Authenticated Received Chain (ARC) support in Debian packages

[Andreas Metzler]

Control: tags -1 wontfix

On 2023-12-16 Athanasius <debian at miggy.org> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.96-15+deb12u3
> Severity: wishlist

> Dear Maintainer,

>   Given Google's recommendation of using ARC[1] when forwarding emails,
> could activation of `EXPERIMENTAL_ARC` support in the Debian packages be
> considered ?

>   The email server I run has a number of aliases and user-mediated
> (procmail etc) forwarding of email to GMail accounts.  Obviously this
> breaks DMARC/SPF/DKIM checks if no attempt at mitigation is made.

>   I could find no mention of `EXPERIMENTAL_ARC` within the `debian/`
> directory of sid 4.97-2 exim4 sources.

Hello,

this a an experimental exim feature and therefore imnsho not eligible for
packages targeting for stable Debian releases.

cu Andreas