--On 24 February 2009 12:22:13 +0000 Alain Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > just had someone 'phone me up complaining that mail to me was bouncing, > ... long story short here is the message in the error log. > > 2009-02-24 11:49:52 1LbvnM-0002Zg-Su H=lon-gs3dmrelay.mistral.net > [217.154.246.188] F=<[email protected]> rejected after DATA: RFC2822 says > that all mail SHOULD have a Message-ID header. > > This is caused by a trap in acl_check_data (acl_smtp_data) of: > deny condition = ${if !def:h_Message-ID: {1}} > message = RFC2822 says that all mail SHOULD have a > Message-ID header.\n\ Most messages without it are > spam, so your mail has been rejected. > > Just a request for comments, should I be doing this sort of thing ? As long as you're encouraging authors of mail clients to fix their software, why not? > I don't see errors like this very often. When you do, are they spam? > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, > IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php Past chairman of UKUUG: > http://www.ukuug.org/ ># include <std_disclaimer.h> -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
