RE: [Exim] helo_allow_chars in version 4.12

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Author: Christian Kyony
Date:  
To: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: RE: [Exim] helo_allow_chars in version 4.12
I have a problem when I try to send a email with an underscore in the
address.
For example: If I try to send a mail to ph_malko@??? , I get the error

501: ph_malko@???: "@" or "." expected after ph>

See also below
$ /usr/exim/bin/exim -odf -v ph_malko@???
.
LOG: MAIN
<= ckyony@ns U=ckyony P=local S=223
.Connecting to mx1.mail.yahoo.com [64.157.4.82]:25 ... connected
SMTP<< 220 YSmtp mta414.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP service ready
SMTP>> EHLO ns

  SMTP<< 250-mta414.mail.yahoo.com
         250-8BITMIME
         250-SIZE 10485760
         250 PIPELINING

SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<ckyony@ns> SIZE=1254
SMTP>> RCPT TO:<ph_malko@???>
SMTP>> DATA

SMTP<< 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
SMTP<< 503 A single MAIL command is required
SMTP<< 504 A single MAIL command is required
SMTP>> QUIT

LOG: MAIN
** ph_malko@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote
mailer
after MAIL FROM:<ckyony@ns> SIZE=1254: host mx1.mail.yahoo.com
[64.157.4.82]: 50
1 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
LOG: MAIN
<= <> R=18Xg2I-0006Mr-00 U=exim P=local S=1062
LOG: MAIN
=> ckyony <ckyony@ns> R=localuser T=local_delivery
LOG: MAIN
Completed
LOG: MAIN
Completed
[ckyony@ns ckyony]$ .

-----Original Message-----
From: Giuliano Gavazzi [mailto:eximlists@humph.com]
Sent: 11/January/2003 22:39
To: Christian Kyony
Cc: 'exim-users@???'
Subject: Re: [Exim] helo_allow_chars in version 4.12

Sorry if this gets in double copy, but I forgot to set the sender
correctly and the list server of course seems not to accept it.

At 21:13 +0100 2003/01/11, Nico Erfurth wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Christian Kyony wrote:
>
>>
>> In order to permit the underscore character in the sender address, I

added
>> this line to my run time configuration file:
>>
>> helo_allow_chars = _
>>
>>
>> I hup exim but sending mail to address including the _ is still not
>> permitted.
>
>Do you really know what this options is for?
>
>It's for hosts which send crap in their HELO-command, not for any
>addresses, and it does NOT affect anything if you send a mail.
>
>So, what you try to solve?
>


I also do not understand what's the problem. Exim does not care that
an recipient address has a _ or not. I have users with _ on my
machine and there is no problem delivering mail to them. Unless
Christian has added _ to the standard

   deny    local_parts   = ^.*[@%!/|] : ^\\.


Giuliano
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