Re: [exim] Blank emails

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Author: Roger Yerbanga
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To: John Burnham, mike.jones, exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Blank emails
Idea : If they have the same subjects, you can give them a high score in
your spamassassin.

! roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burnham" <jpb15@???>
To: <mike.jones@???>; <exim-users@???>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [exim] Blank emails


>> We've been receiving these blank emails for a while now (no
>> sender or subject or content) and although they are dealt
>> with by Outlook (it puts them in the junk mail folder), I
>> wondered if there was a way to block them at the mail server ?
>>
> Well, if they're completely blank, you can use a test of
> $message_body_size to
> reject emails with no body content. However, you may end up rejecting
> legitimate
> mail, so you'll probably want to tailor your tests to your circumstances.
> For
> example, I've known people who send emails with just a short question in
> the
> subject header but no message body.
> John
>
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