Re: [Exim] Help with acceping underscore in FROM:

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Author: Drav Sloan
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To: exim-users
CC: Paul Walsh, 'Jeff Clark'
Subject: Re: [Exim] Help with acceping underscore in FROM:
Philip Hazel wrote:
> > RTFM .... helo_allow_chars = _
>
> No, that applies only to HELO arguments.
>
> The only way to fix up malformed SMTP commands, which is what this is,
> is to use an "SMTP time" rewrite. Check out the "S" flag for rewriting
> rules.


It is worth noting that a hostname containing '_' is illegal by DNS
RFC. Of course the only hosts that seem to use them are Microsoft
based OSes. :(

D.