On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 09:06 +0100, Jethro R Binks wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, John Horne wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 17:45 +0100, Jeremy Harris wrote: > > > Chris Lightfoot wrote: > > > > > > > No valid bounce will have >1 recipient > > > > > > I think there are cases (mailinglists?) where that isn't so. > > > > > Yes. The RFC actual states that more than one recipient is possible (and > > hence allowed). I can't remember which RFC it was, I would have to dig > > it out again (possibly 2821), but I was reading about this very problem > > a week or two ago. > > While that's true, is it a common occurrence? Does anyone have any feel > for the risk of rejecting on this condition? > Well it does occur. We have a local College that sends out mail with a null address and to multiple recipients. I tried getting them to explain how/why this was happening but I'm not sure they knew. At the time we were rejecting their mail because of this, but have now let it through. As far as I can tell they are running Microsoft Exchange.
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