Re: [exim] Irritating blank messages

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Edgar Lovecraft wrote:

> Jethro R Binks wrote:
> >
> > I was contemplating the wisdom of
> > refusing a message that contains none of To:, Cc:, Subject:, Date:,
> > From: headers.
> >
> > Recognising that Date: and From: are required by RFC2822, I can't see
> > that the above would be an 'unsafe' test .. can anyone else see any
> > potential difficulties?
> >
>
> Do not try and require the TO:, CC:, or Subject: headers, as this will
> cause all kinds of problems.

I wasn't suggesting that. I was suggesting not accepting a message that
contained not a single one of the fields: To:, Cc:, Subject:, Date:,
From: (i.e., all of them are missing).

Jethro.

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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK