Unless my box is broke:
220 challenger.skynetweb.com ESMTP
helo foo
250 challenger.skynetweb.com
mail from: <>
250 ok
rcpt to: <>
250 ok
DATA
354 go ahead
It allowed me to enter a null recipient, as long as the RCPT command was
issued (although with a null value). This resulted in:
@400000003a8bfcf115456d4c starting delivery 270: msg 224533 to local
@challenger.skynetweb.com
It also works if a From address is specified, for thoroughness sake. It
delivered this message on my system, although I do not know where (assuming
postmaster/mailer-daemon, since I do not have a .qmail-default). On the
other hand, I just tried it on Outlook Express 5, and it wouldn't let me
send a message without a recipient. I also tried it on some other MTAs,
just for the heck of it:
IMail for NT:
220 X1 NT-ESMTP Server mail.skynetweb.com (IMail 6.05 3879-1)
helo foo
250 hello mail.skynetweb.com
mail from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
250 ok
rcpt to: <>
250 ok its for <>
data
354 ok, send it; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
Sendmail 8.9.3/Linux:
220 support.skynetweb.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Thu, 15 Feb 2001
11:07:36 -0500
helo foo
250 support.skynetweb.com Hello IDENT:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[64.23.32.190] (may be forged), pleased to meet you
mail from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender ok
rcpt to: <>
553 <>... >
data
503 Need RCPT (recipient)
I wouldn't really call this a problem with qmail (and again, like I said, my
installation could just be broken), but I could see how it could be an
annoyance. However I don't think the MUA should really allow a null
recipient (OE 5 doesn't, Pine 4.21/RedHat doesn't, and Netscape Mail in 4.76
doesn't). Just a thought.
--
Kyle Knack
Server Engineer - SkyNetWEB/Affinity Internet
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Pennace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: M. Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: weird
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 02:16:43PM +0800, M. Yu wrote:
> > I typed a new message in Outlook Express and forgot (doh!) to enter a
> > recipient before clicking on send. Question:
> >
> > 1. why did qmail allow an empty recipient (or did outlook substituted
> > something in there)?
>
> alex@buick:~$ mconnect
> 220 buick.pennace.org unauthorized interception prohibited ESMTP
> HELO foo
> 250 buick.pennace.org unauthorized interception prohibited
> MAIL From:<>
> 250 ok
> DATA
> 503 RCPT first (#5.5.1)
>
> qmail-smtpd wants at least one recipient.
>
> > 2. where'd it go?
>
> Confer with your logs.
>
> > 3. is there an option anywhere in qmail where i can tell it to stop
> > accepting messages with blank recipients?
>
> But qmail-smtpd already does that.
>
