Re: [PATCH] mailer.py: Add Date and Message ID headers

Using both sendmail and an internal SMTP server (postfix), neither the date nor message ID would get inserted; that said, the foreign MTA would spawn a message-ID and a date.

However:

As per RFC2822, the Date field is one of only two required fields for a valid message; relying on the MTA to inject one is not the "proper" way to go about it.

Also, SPAM filters also look for these items and consider the lack of them as signs of fraudulent messages. This was my trigger in making the patch on our local copy of the script, as the instance of StarScan running on the foreign MTA was flagging a point and half for each missing header (at the current settings of the MTA in question, it takes 7 points for a message to be discounted). Adding those headers creates a fully valid message and results in zero spam points.

-nick

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Peelman, Nick
nick_at_peelman.us
On Feb 19, 2013, at 13:15, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> Peelman, Nick wrote on Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 13:13:28 -0500:
>> Adds a Date header and a Message-ID with the revision property embedded at the end.
> 
> Why is this necessary?  Can you describe a setup in which Date or
> Message-ID are not added?  (I assume usually the MTA would add them if
> they're missing...?)