4 Apr
2002
4 Apr
'02
4:24 a.m.
Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com> writes:
I'm curious, and in honesty, haven't looked. Is qmail RFC compliant here?
Yes.
Or is it a case of doing what the authors feel is right, not what the standards tell them to?
qmail has only one author, D. J. Bernstein, and all his software is extremely standards conscious. In fact, this explains why qmail doesn't add a missing Date header for messages coming in via SMTP. qmail didn't create the message, Mailman did, and therefore it's Mailman's job as originator to add a Date line.
Other MTAs which add missing required headers are essentially just covering for non-compliant programs. djb isn't that kind I guess <wink>.