[fergie]

> The reason Message-ID is SHOULD rather than MUST? Mail clients

> sometimes send messages without one to their submission server, which

> adds it on their behalf. As for why Google enforces it anyway:

> spam. Messages with minor RFC violations are far more likely to be

> spam, so rejecting them is a reasonable heuristic. In practice, Google

> and Microsoft have become the de-facto standards bodies for email —

> what the RFCs say matters less than what their servers accept.

Surely the problem is on Google's end? And a metaproblem is that we are allowing corporations to change or ignore standards for critical infrastructure?

[that_guy_iain]

The email landed in the spam folder. A bounced email means it didn't find the inbox. If it didn't find an inbox there would be no log for him to check. Technical knowledge of emails and what the terms mean out him instantly as a liar. The fact this is still up on the front page is an embarrassment for the tech community in my opinion.

[DangitBobby]

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