Re: [EXIM] Unqualified recipients

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Griffiths M (ISD)
CC: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Unqualified recipients
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Griffiths M (ISD) wrote:

> Hi
> I have Exim running as a mail relay (outgoing only, no local deliveries)
> for two
> student Microsoft Exchange servers and though all is running well I am
> now
> seeing the following in the rejectlog file:
>
> Example:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------
> 1998-01-07 14:36:47 unqualified recipient rejected:
> <"person@???">
> H=mailer.glam.ac.uk [nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> Is the address shown in the rejectlog the failing 'recipient' address
> (in which case I
> don't understand the problem as it looks OK to me)



It is *not* OK. Those quotes turn it into a local_part without any
domain attached. See RFC 822.


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