Re: [EXIM] 1) strange reject, take #2 2) failed DNS lookup…

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Author: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
Date:  
To: Philip Hazel
CC: Peter Gervai, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] 1) strange reject, take #2 2) failed DNS lookup problem

Phil Hazel:
> On Fri, 8 May 1998, Peter Gervai wrote:
>
> > Allright. But what is the problem here? (<e9> is the character e + '
> > accent)
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 1998-05-07 23:58:05 0yXYg1-0006s8-00 rejected from www.virnet.org
> > (khjudit.tolna.net) [195.70.46.146] <khjudit@???>: syntax error
> > in 'From' header: missing or malformed local part (expected word or "<"):
> > <Kocsisn<E9> Hangonyi Judit <khjudit@???>
> > >
> > Recipients: johannes@???
> > P Received: from www.virnet.org (khjudit.tolna.net) [195.70.46.146]
> >         by melanie.tolna.net with smtp (Exim 1.92 #1 (Debian))
> >         id 0yXYg1-0006s8-00; Thu, 7 May 1998 23:58:05 +0200
> > I Message-ID: <35522EAC.6CA8@???>
> >   Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 23:59:08 +0200
> > F From: Kocsisn<E9> Hangonyi Judit <khjudit@???>

>
> I have just tried this, with an E9 character in place, and it did not
> give an error. This error message indicates a problem with the text
> preceding the "<", but it shouldn't be bothered by top-bit characters.


Phil, you didn't quote these 2 lines; did you see them ?
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit


How does a top-bit character come out in 7-bit encoding -
from the log it looks to me as if the translation includes "<" ?

Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison        Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@???    http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna




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