Re: [Exim] Underscore in domain is being rejected

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Author: Dave C.
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To: Sean Rima
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Underscore in domain is being rejected


On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Sean Rima wrote:

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> I am seeing this:
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> ,----
> | 501 <mail@st_agency.com>: malformed address: _agency.com> may not
> | follow <mail@st
> `----
>
> In my fetchmail log, I telneted to the server and did a test:
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> ,----
> | 250 tcob1.net Hello bsod.tcob1.net [192.168.0.2]
> | MAIL FROM: <sean@kylemore_pass.com>
> | 501 <sean@kylemore_pass.com>: malformed address: _pass.com> may not
> | follow <sean@kylemore
> | quit
> `----
>
> Any suggestions



Yeah, trash those messages. Underscores are not valid in domain names.
If these are messages you are receiving, then they are almost guaranteed
to be spam, becuase neither domain exists (try a whois and/or a
dig/nslookup), nor _can_ exist.



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