Auteur: Peter Bowyer Date: À: exim users Sujet: Re: [exim] Exim Mailing List - Imposing Mimimum Technical Posting
Standards ?
On 23 April 2010 15:23, Always Learning <exim.users@???> wrote: >
> Is there a need for this Exim operated Exim mailing list to 'patch-up'
> what I would describe as defective emails before circulating them to
> members of the mailing list ?
No
> As a contented Exim user and a disliker of spam I have a, so far, robust
> system which has successfully prevented any spam being forwarded by
> Exim. No Spam Assassin, no databases just some commonsense rules
> programmed with the invaluable assistance of mailing list members.
>
> One of the rejection reasons is no 'To:' header in arriving emails. This
> Exim list doesn't care whether a email accepted for circulation has a
> 'To:' header but my Exim configuration does and therefore rejects it.
Then your configuration is broken. 'To' is an optional header.
> In the last week my Exim system has rejected about 6 such emails.
Oh dear. Mine didn't.
> Should the list's Exim server:
>
> (a) impose a minimum standard of a 'To:' header; or
No
> (b) insert a 'To:' header when it has been omitted by the sender ?
No
Peter
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