On 02/05/12 02:00, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 07:47:08PM +0100, Roger Lynn wrote: >> I have enabled accept_8bitmime in every exim I've installed for the last >> 10 years and no one has reported any problems. I think the risk of >> encountering a truly 7 bit MTA in this decade is low enough to be >> ignored for most purposes. Anyone still using one is likely to find that >> a substantial fraction of their incoming mail is corrupted. > > I actually use Sendmail's strict 8BITMIME support to help catch spam. I > agree that 7-bit MTAs are essentially gone, but with the volume of spam > I receive, I set my mail software to be extremely strict with regard to > protocols. Legitimate software (of any sort) generally generates > protocol-compliant messages. Malicious and illicit software (and that > created by Microsoft) generally does not. Legitimate software also > generally has a userbase that will complain about rejected data if the > software is not protocol-compliant, which often leads to fixes. > > I've complained to the listmasters that they send 8-bit data that is not > MIME (virtually all of which is spam) under the auspices of the 8BITMIME > extension; they refuse to fix this, and as a consequence they have to > deal with the occasional piece of undeliverable mail. This is not a > knock against the listmasters, just an observation that if you violate > the protocols, some places will reject your data.
Many MUAs have options for sending 8 bit mail[0]. Do they take notice of whether the MTA they're talking to is 8 bit capable? It will be a while until I have a chance to experiment. Roger [0] For example, in Iceape: "For messages that contain 8-bit characters, use 'quoted printable' MIME encoding. Leave unchecked to send the messages as is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/dvgb79-46s....@silverstone.rilynn.me.uk
