Re: [Exim] Underscore in domain is being rejected

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Author: Todd Jagger
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Underscore in domain is being rejected
Sean Rima wrote:
> I am seeing this:
>
> ,----
> | 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:
>
> ,----
> | 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



Underscores are not allowed in domain names.

Valid characters include numbers (0-9), letters (a-z) and the hyphen
(-). No other characters are allowed (See RFC 1035)

TJ