Re: [Exim] MAIL FROM:<>

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Sunday, August 26, 2001 at 19:39:48 (+0200), Andreas Pettersson wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: [Exim] MAIL FROM:<>
> >
> > If you don't care, then go ahead and break the RFC and reject the empty
> > enevelope sender.
>
> That's bad advice even if it is meant as sarcasm.
>
Of course it's sarcasm. I just keep forgetting that my tone of voice
can't be heard though email.

> Please don't reject empty sender addresses even if you don't care to
> receive bounces.
>
> More honourable postmasters do care if bounces get delivered and it's
> very very very annoying when we can't return an undeliverable message
> just because the sender's mostmaster has a cavalier attitude about
> e-mail.
>
I wouldn't call someones who rejects <> a postmaster at all.

/Andreas