Re: [EXIM] bad address

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Neal Becker
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] bad address
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Neal Becker wrote:

> I use this smarthost entry with 1.80:
>
> punt:
> driver = smartuser,
> no_verify;
> new_address = ${local_part}@???,
>
> I got the following problem, what can be done (if anything):
>
> 1997-12-09 21:36:50 "Arlie Scheppke"@???: punt director deferred: <arlie scheppke@???> - bad address generated by punt director: missing or malformed local part (expected word or "<")\n
> *** Frozen ***


Thanks for the report. There were some changes in the handling of quoted
local parts.

You might be able to work round it with something like

new_address = ${quote:${local_part}}@???

I suppose I ought to change ${local_part} so that it automatically
quotes when it needs to.

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Philip Hazel                   University Computing Service,
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