Actually, I'm fairly certain this syntax is only valid in the To: or Cc:
headers, not in any 'sender' header such as Reply-To.
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Sergey Matveychuk wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I looked into maillist archive and found mention about rejecting mail with
> empty Reply-To: field which was fixed.
> But I'v met a particular case of empty Reply-To field which RFC-compliant:
>
> Reply-To: Any text here :;
>
> In according to RFC it must be intepreted as empty!
>
> But message with it is rejected by Exim with this message:
> syntax error in 'Reply-To' header when scanning for sender: missing or
> malformed
> local part (expected word or "<") in ""Do not reply, write a new message"
> :;" (
> envelope sender is <errors@???>).
>
> Here is a part of header:
>
> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:42:05 +0400 (MSD)
> I Message-Id: <200108290642.f7T6g5L75768@???>
> T To: sem@???
> F From: Fido7 Auto Moderator <gatekeeper@???>
> R Reply-To: "Do not reply, write a new message" :;
> Subject: Article not acceptable
> MIME-Version: 1.0
>
> So From: and To: addresses is OK.
> I think the trick is to place message "Do not reply, write a new message"
> into destination address when user try reply to this letter.
>
> I gess it must be fixed for Reply-To: field. Because in "header
> verification" part of documentation statemented: " Exim does some checking
> of the RFC 822 headers" :)
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