I can't see anything wrong with how you parse the headers, offhand.

But I'd like to warn you that if you throw away all bounces, you will not know when a mail of yours gets bounced.

Speaking for myself, I wouldn't dare do that: I mistype an email address at least once a week.

• You could look through the mail message to see if it carries a message-id of the format that comes from your mail server.
• If the bounce includes the headers of the original mail (some, particularly "virus intercepted" ones don't), you could look through those to see if your IP was mentioned.
• You could parse the logs of your mail server and make a note of IDs of outgoing messages
• You could allow bounces in for, say, 10 minutes after you send a message (NOT recommended).

Personaly, I'd parse the logs and look for valid Message-IDs. But it's not foolroof.

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