Always Learning wrote: > Bill Hacker wrote on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:36:02 -0400. > >> Folks .... >> >> By definition, most of those who come here are seeking help for 'less than >> optimum' MTA setups. >> >> IOW - many have problems - often serious ones. >> >> And their arriving traffic is likely to *be* a bit broken. >> >> So if this list errs to the side of 'generous in what we accept' - we are >> more >> likley to be able to see those cries for assistance, provide help...and >> reduce >> the number of MTA installations that never do improve. Which would - >> unrepaired >> - add to the misery of the whole community. And tarnish the reputation of a >> damned fine NTA. >> >> So no - the list should not set any barriers to entry beyond the essential >> ones to prevent outright spam or abuse. >> >> And even that takes a good deal of dedicated manual intervention - for which >> I'm >> surely not alone in being damned grateful to have the benefit of. > > Many thanks to you for your pertinent display of refreshingly good logic > and generous commonsense presented with decorum, diplomacy and > eloquence. > > I have adjusted my acl_smtp_data filter to: > > deny message = [C61] TO header missing. Msg2 > !recipients = [email protected] > condition = ${if !def:h_To: {1}} > > Best regards, > > Paul. >
Better still. Insert an octothorpe (#) at the beginning of each line. ELSE you would reject this: ============================================== From - Fri Apr 23 15:17:45 2010 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Return-path: <[email protected]> Envelope-to: [email protected] Delivery-date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:17:19 +0000 Received: from c-71-62-196-61.hsd1.va.comcast.net ([71.62.196.61]:65057 helo=pb.local) by conducive.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from <[email protected]>) id 1O5ONK-0003Xp-Sp; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:17:19 +0000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:17:40 -0400 From: W B Hacker <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: Bill Hacker <[email protected]> Subject: Test Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Test ================================================= 'Envelope-to:' will always exist. 'To:' header may or may not, and 'honestly' so - ergo is not a useful filter factor. Send yourself one that has a CC: and/or Bcc: *only* - i.e. - with no 'To:' and see.... QED Bill -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
