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Re: Mandatory From field, anonymity, and hacks

2005-02-02 05:21:41

In <200502011200(_dot_)33116(_dot_)blilly(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> Bruce Lilly 
<blilly(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> writes:

On Mon January 31 2005 16:35, Charles Lindsey wrote:

Have you ever tried sending a message with no Message-ID through sendmail?

Sendmail acts as an MSA; what's your point (if you have one)?

Sendmail is widely used as an MTA, and has been since long before separate
MSAs were thought of.

May I suggest that you submit a message to this list containing no From
field and no Message-ID field, and let us see exactly what ends up in
various people's mailboxes.

False premise, leading to false conclusion.

Excuse me?

You are excused.

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