Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

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Author: Steve Kemp
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To: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header
On Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 12:42:56 +0000, Jethro R Binks wrote:

> > On the other hand I've had good success rejecting messages with
> > no Date header - as that MUST be present...
>
> I've often wondered whether to bother with that. SA assigns a couple of
> points for it, but there is certainly more justification for rejecting
> outright on that basis. Nearly 500 hits on SA's MISSING_DATE rule today


I reject outright mails with no Date header, just over 1200
messages today. It's a low-tech test that is easy to perform
and has had zero false-positives or complaints to date.


Steve
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