Re: [exim] how to accept mail with invalid to-header?

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Anja Gawlik wrote:

> one of our customers send mail with invalid to-headers in the form of
>
> T To: <recpt name<recpt.name@???>
>
> Exim rejects them with: rejected after DATA: "@" or "." expected after
> "recpt": failing address in "To:" header is: <recpt
> name<recpt.name@???>
>
> Is there some way to make exim accept mails with this faulty header from
> that one domain?

Probably, but wouldn't be more of a service for your customer to fix the
problem and send properly formatted email messages?

Jethro.

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