# Actionmailer ignores return-path setting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-ignores-return-path-setting/173916>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-ignores-return-path-setting/173916 "2009-08-18T09:18:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ACTRAiSER](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ACTRAiSER](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ACTRAiSER)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-ignores-return-path-setting/173916/1 "2009-08-18T09:18:24Z")

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Hello,

i have the problem that i want to set the return-path to the envelope  
of outgoing emails so bounces can be handled. I tried to set the  
header as followed in my mailer class:

def newsletter  
subject ‘subject’  
reply\_to ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’  
from ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’  
recipients ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’  
sent\_on Time.now  
body :body =\> ‘content’  
headers ‘return-path’ =\> ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’  
end

However, in the outgoing email the return path is automatically set to  
‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’

I am using Rails 2.3.3 and Postfix 2.3

can anyone point me to the correct setting to set the return-path?

Greets  
-act