On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 04:52:09PM -0800, Tom Plunket wrote:
> I'd leave the To: blank, 'cept for the fact that most mail servers
> (probably complying with RFCs) bounce mail back that have no To:
> address...
If they are RFC compliant they would not bounce back a message without a
TO field. TO is not required if BCC is present.
A.3. COMPLETE HEADERS
A.3.1. Minimum required
Date: 26 Aug 76 1429 EDT Date: 26 Aug 76 1429 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bcc: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Note that the "Bcc" field may be empty, while the "To" field
is required to have at least one address.
and...
fields = dates ; Creation time,
source ; author id & one
1*destination ; address required
*optional-field ; others optional
In short, a minimum complete message, which is valid, would be like this:
Date: Feb 15 2000 17:00 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
text
That is a complete set of required headers and a body of text. If a
server is rejecting that the adming should be severely flogged for not
following RFC822.
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