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Subject: RE: Time to fix "Refuse NULL <> Senders" option!

PC Tech (97p/+0r) Posted: Saturday 12 May 2001
This post: 34 views, +0 rating

I have null senders blocked at my mail server. About 80% of the spam I get has null senders. This keeps me from receiving them. RFC compliant or not, it is staying the way it is on my server. Go ahead and block me if you must.

# -----Original Message----- # From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com # [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Scott Perry # Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:00 PM # To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com # Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Time to fix "Refuse NULL <> Senders" option! # # # > Thanks for the heads up. In my opinion they are going about this all # > wrong. What they should fix is bounced messages being sent null # > sender <>. That is rude. # # Actually, the RFCs require that the bounce messages to be sent # that way. It's to help minimize the chance of mail loops. # # # -- # -Scott # # Declude: Anti-virus and Anti-spam solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --

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