Joel Rees <[email protected]> writes:

> (But in this case, absolutely requiring a response would be building a
> DOS and potential privacy vulnerability into the message
> infrastructure. The RFCs really should be stored with a summary of
> relevant comments.)

Could you explain how an MTA would create a privacy vulnerability or
expose itself to DOS attacks by not accepting messages?

For example, my MTA does not accept messages that have an empty Subject:
header.  How does that expose my privacy or allow for DOS attacks?


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