16 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users[courier-users] Re: RFC 2047 2045 COM...
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Sam VarshavchikSep 13, 2000 6:20 pm 
Jason BakerSep 14, 2000 10:10 am 
Sam VarshavchikSep 14, 2000 7:30 pm 
Christian JourdeSep 15, 2000 3:23 am 
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Subject:[courier-users] Re: RFC 2047 2045 COMPLIANCEActions...
From:Sam Varshavchik (mrs@stop.mail-abuse.org)
Date:Sep 14, 2000 7:30:10 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Jason Baker writes:

Would I be able to write a filter that would allow me to tell courier what to do to correct non-RFC compliant email? I realize that by the

No -- that gets tossed out even before it gets into the system.

nature of the beast, you can't be certain as to what should be done once it gets 'wierd', but I could never 'sell' a mailer that bounces email.

All mailers bounce mail.

SMTP is designed to bounce mail, and, in fact, there are some specific procedures and protocols that deal with that process.

Too many people here have heard the 'be lenient in what you accept, and strict in what you send' thing for me to convince them that some things just aren't acceptable (since other mailers accept them - the usual recursive argument).

Yes, and certain other mailers reject all bounces. Courier accepts bounces no more or less than any other message. That argument doesn't go anywhere.

-- Sam