Block null "from" in logs

[Julian Field]

On 30 Sep 2005, at 14:43, Stephen Swaney wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: Re: Block null "from" in logs
>>
>> I think if you do this, you break RFC's 821, 1123, 2505, and 2821.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
> But your point is very valid. DO NOT DO THIS unless this unless you  
> have no
> other choice.

Or unless you are Microsoft. They do this on all their corporate  
mail. And they publicly admit it. It is one of their chief ways of  
blocking spam.

Fortunately their staff are all so brilliant they never mistype an  
email address, as they sure won't get told when they send to non- 
existent addresses :-)

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>>> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Mauricio Cavalcanti
>>> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:04 AM
>>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>> Subject: Block null "from" in logs
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Anyone can help me to make a rule to block e-mails that comes
>>> with null from in header (from=<> in mail.log).
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Mauricio
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