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Date:      Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:35:32 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Undeliverable: Re: The message was delivered with a warning.
Message-ID:  <19981123203532.A21735@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <19981123140140.A26843@palomine.net>
References:  <3659242C.22AA2D3A@uk.radan.com> <19981123122629.A8841@scientia.demon.co.uk> <19981123140140.A26843@palomine.net>

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Chris Johnson wrote:

> > As does this, from my server's reject log:
> > 
> > 1998-11-23 12:01:14 0zhug5-0002BZ-00 rejected from punt-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.34]: no valid sender in message headers: return path is <>
> > Recipients: ben@scientia.demon.co.uk
> > 
> > Shit, they can't even get a valid address in the headers of bounce
> > messages, so I doubt they'll ever stop this MIMESweeper crap.
> 
>
> The envelope sender of a bounce message is supposed to be blank (i.e
> "return path is <>"). If your mail server rejects messages because of
> a blank envelope, it's misconfigured (RFC 1123, 5.2.9). Or perhaps I
> misunderstand what you're saying.

perhaps you missed the word "headers"

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Ben Smithurst
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