[ILUG] Empty MAIL FROM: being refused

From: Kenn Humborg (kenn at domain bluetree.ie)
Date: Thu 03 May 2001 - 12:30:45 IST


Lately, I've been seeing remote SMTP servers refuse
to accept messages with a MAIL FROM:<>. Sendmail
generates messages like this when bouncing messages
to avoid bounce loops.

A bit of Googling suggests that FROM:<> is perfectly
valid according to RFC821.

So, what's the current "best practice". Should I break
my sendmail to include an address with bounce messages,
or berate the remote admins?

Later,
Kenn



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