Re: [Exim] Date problem with Exim (FreeBSD Port) with Outloo…

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Author: Dan Egli
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To: lannygodsey
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Date problem with Exim (FreeBSD Port) with Outlook Express 5 (Windows, and Mac)
Lanny Godsey wrote:
> Just a FYI, it took us a while to track down a date problem.
>
> Outlook Express 5 and Outlook 2000 follow RFC 822 and do not cope well
> w/ the ; placed in the Received: line.
>
> Example:
> Received: from [1.2.3.4] (helo=workstation)
>         by example.com with asmtp (Exim 4.34; FreeBSD)

>
> Outlook seems to expect the FreeBSD bit to be a date. I've asked the
> port maintainer to simply change the ; to :. It looks like the port
> will not be changed since the (;) doesn't violate RFC 2822, and it was
> sugested that I upgrade my client.
>
> As I'm sure I'm not the only company w/ customers using Outlook 2000,
> maybe this will save some time.
>
> Lanny Jason Godsey


MAybe just ask him to pull the ; all together. My Exim on Linux doesn't
do that. Observe:

Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1])    by venus.eglifamily.dnsalias.net
with esmtp (Exim 4.33)    id 1BTWNh-0007GB-SH    for
dan@???; Thu, 27 May 2004 19:41:57 -0600