Re: [PATCH] pgarchives: parser: handle messages in which Message-ID is missing

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Célestin Matte <celestin(dot)matte(at)cmatte(dot)me>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pgarchives: parser: handle messages in which Message-ID is missing
Date: 2021-11-04 20:28:34
Message-ID: 350164.1636057714@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> writes:
>> On Nov 4, 2021, at 12:47, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
>> Maybe pglister should refuse to deliver messages that don't contain
>> a Message-Id.

> That seems reasonable. If there's no message ID by the time pglister gets it, something is pretty broken along the path from the sender to us.

FWIW, I've long used a spam filtering rule that sends anything without
a message ID, or with a forged local message ID, straight to /dev/null.
It's quite effective, and I've not seen it eat any valid traffic.

regards, tom lane

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