On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 10:23:50PM +0200, "Cédric MARCOUX (sprimont)" said:
> > Tony Finch a écrit :
> >> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Cédric MARCOUX wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have some mail frozen due to this error when my exim try to deliver
> >>> the mail
> >>> to this server.
> >>> How can I set Exim to include his hostname when callign this server???
> >>
> >> This is a bug in the recipient site: they don't understand bounce
> >> messages. This is distresstingly common, and there's little you can do
> >> about it. The most egregious example I have seen recently is:
> >>
> >> response to "MAIL FROM:<>" from mail.coneagle.com [65.193.87.20] was:
> >> 504 must have rcptto first
> >>
> >>> 2005-02-11 18:08:32 1CzWZt-00080v-Tt ** recipient@??? R=dnslookup
> >>> T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<>: host
> >>> mail.domain.com [194.180.33.33]: 501 From address does not include
> >>> your host
> >>> name
> >>
>
> Finally after this long time, still no tricks for this issue???
The receiving mail server is _broken_. While there are sometimes things
you can do to work around broken sites, this time isn't one of them.
They are violating a fundamental part of the SMTP protocol. Report them
to rfc-ignorant and be done with it.
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