Re: [Exim] header syntax checks

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Author: Sheldon Hearn
Date:  
To: Phil Chambers
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] header syntax checks

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:03:15 +0100, Phil Chambers wrote:

> I note that headers_check_syntax does not go so far as to reject a
> message which does not have at least one recipient field (To:, Cc:
> etc.), as is required by RFC822.


What are you talking about? From Section 3.6. Field definitions in RFC
2822:

The only required header fields are the origination date field and
the originator address field(s). All other header fields are
syntactically optional.

Ciao,
Sheldon.