Re: [Exim] blocking blank from addresses

Quoting Matthew Byng-Maddick <exim@???>:

> On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:02:41AM -0400, Patrice Fournier wrote:
> > Quoting Steve Foster <fosters@???>:
> > > is there any way in exim to NOT accept blank from Addresses, i.e
> > > where we get "From: <>" , or is this a bad thing to add to a
> > > configuration.
> > If you do, please let us know so we can get you listed in
> > dsn.rfc-ignorant.org and block emails from you that we wouldn't be
> > able to bounce if a problem arrised after we accepted the mail... :)

> Please try to read the mail before posting a flippant, incorrect, and
> gratuitous response. "From: <>" is NOT the same as the SMTP
> conversation's MAIL FROM:<>, and you may note that RFC(2)822 does not
> permit empty <>.

Oops.. maybe I should wait till I'm fully awaken before answering
emails... You're right, I did read Steve's mail as blocking MAIL FROM:<>.
And of course rejecting a header from of <> would be alright as sending
such a header is RFC ignorant.. :)

> I'm getting the steady feeling that rfc-ignorant.org are themselves
> RFC ignorant, but certainly a lot of the people that appear to
> subscribe to them lack the appropriate clue level.

Can you elaborate on this (rfc-ignorant.org being RFC ignorant, not the
cluelessness of their subscribers)?


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Patrice Fournier
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