Re: [Exim] odd reject file entry

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Autor: Tabor J. Wells
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A: Pollywog
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Assumpte: Re: [Exim] odd reject file entry
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 10:21:42PM -0000,
Pollywog <pollywog@???> is thought to have said:

> I found the following entry in my reject log.
> What exactly does it mean- is the sender malforming my address?
>
> 2000-01-13 21:57:19 128sF4-0008Bc-00 warning: from unity.ama-assn.org
> [206.189.190.122] <ArchDermTOC@???>: syntax error in 'To'
> header: malformed address: <pollywog@???>\n may not follow
> pollywog@??? : failing address is: pollywog@???
> <pollywog@???>


Exactly what it says. The To: header in your mail is malformed. It looks
like:

To: pollywog@??? <pollywog@???>

which is invalid according to RFC-822 because "@" is a special character
and must be quoted, like:

To: "pollywog@???" <pollywog@???>

Tabor

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