On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, "Schmadlak, Jürgen" wrote:
> ---
> xyz@???:
> SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:
> <xyz@???> SIZE=3366:
> host newgate.actel.com [204.33.72.16]:
> 500 Command unrecognized:
> "\001\001\b"
> ---
>
> Is the Problem on my Side or is this a Problem of actel.com?
It looks like somewhere in between. From that output one can deduce that
Exim sent
MAIL FROM:<xyz@???> SIZE=3366
and the server received junk (the three characters with code values 1,
1, 8 (backspace).
This kind of data mangling has been seen with firewalls and sometimes
with broken routers. I connected to the host myself and tried the
experiment: it all worked correctly.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
