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Phil Howard <PHIL@UIUCVMD> |
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Tue, 19 Jan 88 14:06:31 CST |
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Your message of Sat, 16 Jan 88 17:54:21 PST |
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Perhaps LISTSERV does not have to do much to recognize troublemaking mail.
If the FROM: address is non-conforming it should never be taken for commands
or distributed on a list. The next question is what is non-conforming?
My opinion: if it has any character not permitted by the appropriate RFC's,
then it is non-conforming. That can probably eliminate the majority.
As long as there are renegade and charlatan mail systems out there, life will
be tough, but I don't see why we have to submit to it if it makes our work
harder. I see no reason why Eric or anyone else should have to go out of
their way to handle and process WRONGLY formatted mail. I say TRASH IT.
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