Re: [Exim] malformed address

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: thomas.hess
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] malformed address
hess@??? said:
> Our host names which appear in MAIL From and other fields contain "_"
> - charachters, for example xyz_hp01.vs.dasa.de. This "_" seems to
> confuse exim, as the message is being refused and I receive the
> following error mail as a result of sending a mail as
> hess@vr1e31_hp01.vs.dasa.de to hess@ve1hf3_xt3.vs.dasa.de, the new
> LINUX machine with exim running


Underscore is not a legal character in hostnames - many DNS servers
enforce this so all lookups on names including a _ fail. Fix your
hostnames.

    Nigel.
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