[Mailman-Developers] 2.0.x qrunner bug (bad one)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:46:24 -0500


>>>>> "JRM" == Jason R Mastaler
>>>>> <jason-list-mailman-developers@mastaler.com> writes:

    >> I think Qmail is probably within its rights to reject a message
    >> without a From: field or a Date: field, as RFC 2822, section
    >> 3.6.1

    JRM> qmail doesn't reject such messages, it simply passes them on
    JRM> without the headers.  This means the receiving MTA usually
    JRM> ends up adding them which might be confusing for the
    JRM> recipient.

But isn't that different?  Doesn't this mean Qmail is violating the
standards too?

-Barry