Re: [Exim] require verify = header_syntax

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Author: Ian A B Eiloart
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] require verify = header_syntax

--On Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:00 pm +0100 Tony Finch <dot@???> wrote:

> Has anyone here tried using require verify = header_syntax on a system
> with lots of users? If you found that the test has too many false
> positives, do you have any opinions on how it could be modified to create
> a slightly more lenient version that is usable in practise?
>
> I've been experimenting with it and many problematic rejections are caused
> by (in terms of RFC 2822 syntax) display-names with dots in, or which are
> in the form of an addr-spec.
>


With about 15,000 users we get very few complaints about this. Perhaps
because the 15,000 mostly don't use microsoft MUAs.

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Ian Eiloart
Servers Team
Sussex University ITS