Your new provider has a broken MTA, and exim *IS* doing it the 'right'
way.. Exim can be configured to work around what your new provider is
doing, and accept that form of input..
From the spec file:
|
|ignore_fromline_hosts
|
| Type: host-list
| Default: unset
|
|Some broken SMTP clients insist on sending a UUCP-like 'From' line
|before the headers of a message. By default this is treated as the
|start of the message's body, which means that any following headers
|are not recognized as such. Exim can be made to ignore it by setting
|ignore_fromline_hosts to match those hosts that insist on sending it.
|If the sender is actually a local process rather than a remote host,
|and is using -bs to inject the messages, then ignore_fromline_local
|can be set to deal with this case.
|
|ignore_fromline_local
|
| Type: boolean
| Default: false
|
|See ignore_fromline_hosts above.
|
If you are receiving bsmtp files, and are injecting them into exim with
-bs, set the second option true.
If your provider is making a network connection to your port 25, use
the first option.. Its a host-list, so list the IP address or network
of their host(s)..
On 14 May 2000, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've switched providers and now get incoming bsmtp that looks like:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> HELO mail.inka.de
> MAIL FROM:<gcc-bugs-return-@???>
> RCPT TO:<aj@???>
> DATA
> >From gcc-bugs-return-@??? Sun May 14 17:27:17 2000
> Envelope-to: aj@???
> Received: from sourceware.cygnus.com (sourceware.cygnus.com [205.180.83.71])
> by mail.inka.de with smtp
> id 12r0IW-0002cx-00; Sun, 14 May 2000 17:27:16 +0200
> ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> exim 3.11 changes this to the following removing all headers:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >From aj Sun May 14 18:25:28 2000
> Return-path: <gcc-cvs-return-@???>
> Envelope-to: aj@???
> Delivery-date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:25:28 +0200
> Received: from root (helo=mail.inka.de)
> by arthur.rhein-neckar.de with local-bsmtp (Exim 3.11 #1)
> id 12r1Cp-0007FQ-01
> for aj@???; Sun, 14 May 2000 18:25:27 +0200
> Message-Id: <E12r1Cp-0007FQ-01@???>
> From: gcc-cvs-return-@???
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:25:27 +0200
>
> >From gcc-cvs-return-@??? Sun May 14 17:29:47 2000
> Envelope-to: aj@???
> Received: from sourceware.cygnus.com (sourceware.cygnus.com [205.180.83.71])
> by mail.inka.de with smtp
> id 12r0Kw-0002hI-00; Sun, 14 May 2000 17:29:47 +0200
> ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Is there an easy way to let exim do it the right way?
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
>
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