Sorry for the newbie question, but that's what I am :)
Anyway, I already had read the fine manual and already had put:
helo_allow_chars = _ in exim's MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS. And this
allows the following:
220 xxxx.xx.xxx ESMTP Exim 4.14 Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:53:49 -0400
helo test_host.domain.com
250 xxxx.xxx.xxx Hello test_host.domain.com [xx.x.xx.xx]
Whereas before I added helo_allow_chars = _ , I would get:
220 xxx.xxx.xxxx ESMTP Exim 4.12 Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:56:08 -0400
helo test_host.domain.com
501 Syntactically invalid HELO argument(s)
But even with helo_allow_chars = _ , I still get the following:
220 xx.xx.xx ESMTP Exim 4.12 Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:58:33 -0400
helo test_host.domain.com
250 mail.crownofmaine.net Hello xx.xx.xx [xx.xx.xx.xx]
mail from: test@test_host.domain.com
501 test@test_host.domain.com: malformed address: _host.domain.com may not
follow test@test
I've looked thru the list archives and the manuals/faqs but haven't found
anything. I've also complained to the mail admin responsible for
test_host.domain.com but thus far they haven't changed the name.
Thanks again for the help.
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Walsh [mailto:Paul.Walsh@uce.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:38 AM
> To: 'Jeff Clark'
> Cc: 'exim-users@???'
> Subject: RE: [Exim] Help with acceping underscore in FROM:
>
>
> *snip*
>
> I know the underscore isn't valid but I really need to accept
> mail from this
> particular address.
>
> RTFM .... helo_allow_chars = _
>
> Paul
>
