On 2009-04-06 David Sheldon <dave-deb...@earth.li> wrote: > Package: exim4-config > Version: 4.69-9 > Severity: minor
> By default the configuration will not accept emails with local parts > containing a set of rfc-valid characters, which are considered > dangerous (@,%,!,/,|,` etc). > It says that if you want you can make this list less restrictive, but if the > default is to reject such mails then we're breaking Postel's Law > "be liberal in what you accept from others." > If I had an address with those (valid) characters in, then there's not much > point configuring my server to receive emails for it, if it never gets there > because one of the servers in between rejects it. > This is really a compromise between protecting users against themselves and > keeping the internet free of random blockages. [...] As you can probably guess this is done deliberatly, since imho it is on the right side of the latter dichotomy (protecting users against themselves). This is a rather ancient feature (already there in 2005) which mirrors the respective settings in upstream's default configuration file. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
