Re: [exim] Strict header syntax checking on To header

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Author: Jethro R Binks
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To: Exim Mailing List
Subject: Re: [exim] Strict header syntax checking on To header
On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Mike Cardwell wrote:

> We have a webmail system here that is generating emails in certain
> circumstances containing "To" headers such as:
>
> To: "Carol Arlett" <ccccccc@???>, B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???
> <B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???>
>
> Note the newline between, "B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???" and
> "<B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???>"

...
> Actually... Should I be concentrating on the newline at all? Is the
> problem that the address is:
>
> B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@??? <B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???>
>
> Rather than:
>
> "B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???" <B.B.Bbbbbbbbbb@???>


The lack of quotes is the problem.

Jethro.

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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK