Re: [exim] header_syntax

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Author: Steven A. Reisman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] header_syntax
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:28:14PM -0500, Brian wrote:
> I had recently sent a message to the qmail list and one of the
> moderators/list people tried to send this to me, but it was rejected.


> So he told me my mta was 'retarded'.


> I would assume that he being a massive qmail advocate might not be
> wrong, but I don't see what I could have done differently.


> Below is the part from the rejectlog


I telneted to port 25 on my mail server (Exim 4.34) and sent myself a
message from "Charles Cazabon's correspondence secretary" <> which was
correctly delivered.

Could it be that the exim configuration is testing $h_from:, and it's
not being quoted properly.


Steve



> 2005-03-03 10:54:58 1D6sfC-000Aln-Aw H=(discworld.dyndns.org)
> [70.64.60.7] F=<> rejected after DATA: RFC2822: missing or malformed
> local part: failing address in "From" header is: "Charles Cazabon's
> correspondence secretary" <>
> Envelope-from: <>
> Envelope-to: <bcook-dated-1110038080.61f2f1@???>
> P Received: from [70.64.60.7] (helo=discworld.dyndns.org) by
> c.mx.poklib.org with smtp (Exim 4.44; FreeBSD) id 1D6sfC-000Aln-Aw for
> bcook-dated-1110038080.61f2f1@??? ; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:54:58 -0500
> P Received: (qmail 29630 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2005 15:54:32 -0000
> Date: 3 Mar 2005 15:54:32 -0000
> I Message-ID: <20050303155432.29629.qmail@???>
> T To: <bcook-dated-1110038080.61f2f1@???>
> F From: "Charles Cazabon's correspondence secretary" <>



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