[Xen-devel] FW: Xen-devel mailing list probe message

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am getting these occasionally. In this case it is because of an email
address of 'Gavin' in the CC line (not 'Gavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx', just
'Gavin'). My mail server / spam filter takes one look at that and
rejects the email on the basis that it "Your message does not conform to
RFC2822 standard".

Can anything be done with the mailing list software to test for RFC
compliance and simply refuse to accept broken messages? That puts the
pressure back on the sender to fix up their email rather than on list
recipients to whitelist certain addresses? It's probably a big thing to
ask... or maybe it's just a configuration switch...

Thanks

James


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-
> bounces+e910e1c9a6166732d430aebc65051ec46f7fe5d5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-devel-
> bounces+e910e1c9a6166732d430aebc65051ec46f7fe5d5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2009 13:37
> To: James Harper
> Subject: Xen-devel mailing list probe message
> 
> This is a probe message.  You can ignore this message.
> 
> The Xen-devel mailing list has received a number of bounces from you,
> indicating that there may be a problem delivering messages to
> james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A bounce sample is attached below.
> Please examine this message to make sure there are no problems with
> your email address.  You may want to check with your mail
> administrator for more help.
> 
> If you are reading this, you don't need to do anything to remain an
> enabled member of the mailing list.  If this message had bounced, you
> would not be reading it, and your membership would have been disabled.
> Normally when you are disabled, you receive occasional messages asking
> you to re-enable your subscription.
> 
> ...


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