Re: [EXIM] Empty MAIL FROM

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Author: Mike Zanker
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Empty MAIL FROM
At 14:43 28/11/97 +0000, Philip Hazel wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Mike Zanker wrote:
>
>> I've just noticed that when Exim is sending a delivery error report it uses
>> a blank envelope from address (MAIL FROM:<>). Is this intentional?
>>
>> Some mail hosts are rejecting them because of this (sprintmail.com MX hosts
>> for example).
>
>Those hosts are broken. From RFC 1123:


[snip]

Thanks for the reminder - I didn't think it would be Exim's fault :)

Mike
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