Hi Justin, > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Mason
> > > Can you name a single nonspam mail sender who doesn't have a > > > Date: header in the message when he delivers it to the MTA? > > > > > > No message-id is somewhat common for mass mailings (spam or > > > nonspam) but I've never seen a nonspam that was also missing a > > > date.. but perhaps I don't get the right nonspam bulk mailings. > > > > No. And, the following from Comcast is always inserted with Klez > > Emails and other Comcast spam that does not include a Date field: > > > > X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum > > requirements > > X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium. > > > > These messages are also missing the Message-Id. I have not seen > > non-spam that is missing both the Date and Message-Id fields. But > > obviously, Date would do. > > Watch out though -- *some* mass-mailer software (legit) will > miss out the Date header, IIRC. I have not seen this - thanks for the heads up. Would the message at least have an X-Mailer: field as an additional identifier? --Larry ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
